Gwamnatin tarayya ta bashiri kamfanin gine-gine na injiniyanci, Julius Berger Plc, aika 7 don karba tsarin sabon kwangilar N740.8 biliyan da aka tsara don gyarar hanyar Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano. Ministan Aikin Gona, Sen. Engr. Nweze David Umahi, ne ya bayar da bashin aika a lokacin da sabon darakta janar na Julius Berger, Dr. Pier Lubasch, ya kai wa minista ziyara ta addini a ranar Talata, a hedikwatar ministar a Abuja.
Umahi ya bayyana damuwarsa game da tsananin tsoro da masu amfani da hanyar ke fuskanta saboda tsawon lokacin da kamfanin ke daure kan karba tsarin kwangilar. Ya ce tsawon lokacin ya sa farashin kwangilar ya tashi daga N710 biliyan zuwa N740 biliyan. Ministan ya kuma ce gwamnatin tarayya ba za ta bar masu gina hanyar su ci ta hanyar neman farashi maras kama ba.
Ya kuma nuna rashin farin ciki game da haliyar da Julius Berger Plc ke nuna, wanda ya samu goyon bayan gwamnatin tarayya da na jiha, amma ba su da ra’ayin gaskiya game da farashin kwangilar, musamman a lokacin da kasar Nigeria ke fuskantar matsalolin tattalin arziya. Ya kuma ce kamfanonin gine-gine da ke aikawa tare da ministar suna bukatar yin sadaukarwa wajen samun ƙima da farashin kwangilar da ke da ma’ana don ci gaban tsarin hanyoyin kasar.
Sabon darakta janar na Julius Berger, Dr. Pier Lubasch, ya tabbatar da cewa zai dawo da amsa kai tsaye game da batutuwan da aka taso, kuma ya fada alhamdu da cewa amincewa za a samu don fara aikin ba tare da tsawaita lokaci ba. Tsohon darakta janar, Dr. Lars Richter, ya ce babban dalilin ziyarar addini ita ce don gabatar da sabon darakta janar ga minista.
Kwangilar gyarar hanyar Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano, wanda aka fara a shekarar 2018, har yanzu ba a kammala shi ba, kuma sashen Abuja-Kaduna ya kai 27% a cikin shekaru 6. Gwamnatin tarayya ta riga ta soke wasu kwangiloli da Julius Berger Plc ke da su saboda tsawon lokacin da suke daure kan aikin.
