..says specialise chemicals for affected expansion joints will soon be applied.
By Joy Odor
The Construction Firm handling the renovation of the National Assembly Complex, Visible Construction Limited has assured users of the complex on stoppage of leaking points soon.
Assurance from the construction firm was given on Wednesday by the Project Engineer, Tajudeen Olanipekun in reaction to report made on roof leakage experienced recently at the Complex by some bloggers at some points in the White House Segment of the Complex on Tuesday this week and Thursday last week.
Engineer Olanipekun said his firm was on top of the situation as specialised chemicals for the affected expansion joints will soon be applied.
He explained that all the roofs of the complex both at the White House and adjourning structures have been thoroughly checked for discovery of expansion joints requiring water tight chemicals that will prevent any form of leakages.
He informed that the Chemical, is already imported from United States of America but would be applied after the raining season this year.
“The report on roof leakage in National Assembly to us at Visible Construction, is like marking script of a student still writing his or her examination.
“Renovation work on the entire complex is still being carried out by us . It is when we have finished the work that report on roof leakage can be written which to us, would never happen as the problem, would be thing of the past by the time it is handed over to FCDA that gave us the job.
“There should be no cause for alarm from any quarters as regards the project since Engineers from FCDA are also with us”, he said.
Engineer Olanipekun said the containers of State of the Art furniture to be fixed at both Chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives have landed from America along with expatriates who would do the job, which according to him would make the two Chambers among the best in the world.
The 9th National Assembly had as a result of the deterioration of the complex over the years appropriated N30 billion to the Federal Capital Development Authority ( FCDA) in 2021 fiscal year for comprehensive renovation.
Visible Construction that won the contract, commenced work in April last year with provision of temporary Hallow Chambers for both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Recall that Heavy Rainfall Leaves National Assembly Entrance Flooded on Tuesday left the entrance of the just-renovated National Assembly flooded in Abuja as reported by Punch.
According to the Federal Capital Development Authority, the National Assembly Complex renovation gulped N19bn.
The National Assembly renovation project was awarded in 2021, to Messrs Visible Construction Nigeria Limited, at the cost of N30.2 billion with a completion date of August 15, 2023.
In the video, the floor of the entrance to the National Assembly was flooded as a result of a leaking roof.
