Buhari to commission NILDS Permanent Site in May ….As NASS gives Julius Berger marching order on completion

" The client ( NILDS ) , said it to your hearing here that is not indebted to you . So why the delay ? Please use the 30 days window given to you now , to get the project completed ", he said . He however directed the project executors to table their financial difficulties on the project to governing council of NILDS in the first week of May for expeditious solution . But one of the project consultants , Architect Zingart Gonwalk said fluctuations in exchange rate within the last three years, resulted in outstanding balance of N7.5billion to be paid to Julius Berger . The Director General of NILDS , Professor Abubakar Sulaiman told officials of Julius Berger in the presence of the Speaker , that the Institute is not owing the construction firm even as N2.5billion is provided for in the 2023 budget for completion of the project . " This project has come a long way and should be delivered for the required usage within the stated period by the Speaker . " The most important thing to be done between now and then , is for all the offices and lecture rooms to be furnished preparatory to the commissioning ", he said . The Project earlier billed for commissioning in May 2019 , is located in Piwoyi District along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport road on 8.12 hectares (81,200m2) of land, Plot 307 Cadastral zone . The ultra-modern infrastructure when fully completed and commissioned, will enable the Institute , carry out its mandate of building capacity among legislators at the national and regional levels and foster collaboration with other organisations and international institutions. It will most importantly , enable students and lecturers in the Institute , have very conducive environment for teaching and learning .