Delta Towers in Abuja gets October completion date

UNDER renewed efforts to tackle the short fall in office accommodation in the Abuja, the Delta State Government has concluded plans to deliver its housing project within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) next month.The project promoted through the State's Ministry of Housing is a seven-storey building, tagged Delta Towers. The multi-use facility was launched seven years ago to provide office accommodation for private businesses and generate revenue for the state government. It is expected to be home to state Directorate of Multi-Lateral Relations and Abuja Liaison office.A major feature of the project was the separation of the 32 suites in the back wing, for hotel accommodation from the office wing located in the front, to ensure privacy stressing that the project's escalators which had started working were installed to international standards.Other features in the building are large conference rooms, an underground water reservoir that can store sixty thousand liters of water, an Olympic size swimming pool and a spacious basement that can accommodate about five hundred cars, among others.The State's Commissioner for Housing, Chief Paulinus Akpeki who inspected the multi-million naira building project in Abuja recently, disclosed that the government was aware of the housing problems faced by Deltans and that measures were on to tackle them squarely.He said that the administration of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan was determined to overcome the housing challenges of Deltans.Explaining further, the Commissioner said the project was given to reputable property developers to conclude arrangements on how to manage it on behalf of the state government in order to avoid mismanagement.Akpeki commended Governor Uduaghan for the release of funds for the project and advised government agencies to maintain buildings that they occupy.Representative of the contractor in charge of the project, JP Sigma Nigeria Limited, Mr. Khaled Abdoud and Mr. Mansour Taktouk commended Governor Uduaghan for releasing funds for the project, which they promised would be completed in five weeks.
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