By Bala Dauda, Damaturu
The Damaturu flyover project in Yobe will be completed and put to use in two weeks.
Mr Fadi Abiad, Area Manager, Triacta Nigeria Ltd., the company handling the project, stated this while conducting journalists to the site in Damaturu.
According to him, the project has reached over 90 percent completion level
“ All concrete works, including retaining walls, earthworks such as laterite filling, compaction, and stone base installation, have been fully completed.
“We are currently working on the asphalt phase, specifically the binder layer. After that, we will proceed with walkways and finishing works like painting and other final touches
“ By design, the flyover is expected to last for a minimum of 50 years, and certainly it could last much longer,” the Area Manager said.
He said the drainage and green area construction works also handled by the company in Damaturu would be completed by December
The Director of Planning, Research and Statistics at the Yobe State Ministry of Works, Mr Hassan Ibrahim, expressed satisfaction with the quality of work at the site.
He said the flyover contract was awarded on February 21, 2025, to Triacta at the cost of N22 billion with a one-year completion period.
Ibrahim said a down payment of 50 percent of the sum was made to the company, and since then, payment continued based on certified stages of work.
The Yobe State Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Alhaji Rajab Muhammad, who led the journalists’ tour of the site, commended Gov Mai Mala Buni for initiating the project.
He said journalists as the watch dogs of society had the responsibility of assessing government projects and programmes and file reports for the benefit of members of the public.