{"id":59981,"date":"2025-01-26T16:59:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59981"},"modified":"2025-01-26T16:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T16:59:54","slug":"wreck-of-a-market-six-years-on-suleja-int-market-still-in-limbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/26\/wreck-of-a-market-six-years-on-suleja-int-market-still-in-limbo\/","title":{"rendered":"Wreck of a Market! Six Years on, Suleja Int Market Still in Limbo"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Our Correspondent\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Suleja International Market project in Rafinseyi, Niger State, remains incomplete six years after its initial timeline, despite house demolitions and a N400 million payment to the contractor.<\/p>\n

Planned as a hub for economic activities, including a bus terminal, the project was scheduled for completion in March 2020 but remains stalled.<\/p>\n

On-site inspections by SaharaReporters revealed minimal progress, with only a few buildings present.<\/p>\n

Between 2018 and 2019, numerous houses were demolished to pave the way for the market.<\/p>\n

Residents lament the loss of livelihoods, expressing frustration over the government’s failure to deliver.<\/p>\n

Documents show the project was awarded to Exson Limited in 2019 for N1.6 billion, with N400 million paid.<\/p>\n

However, an audit report in 2022 indicated no significant progress, recommending either a return to the site or reimbursement of funds.<\/p>\n

Former Governor Abubakar Sani Bello had praised the project\u2019s progress in 2022, but two years later, it remains non-operational. Efforts to contact Niger State officials for clarification have been unresponsive.<\/p>\n

The delay has raised serious concerns about transparency and accountability in the management of public funds.<\/p>\n

Residents are calling for urgent action to complete the project and fulfill its promise of boosting economic activities in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Our Correspondent\u00a0 The Suleja International Market project in Rafinseyi, Niger State, remains incomplete six years after its initial timeline, despite house demolitions and a N400 million payment to the contractor. Planned as a hub for economic activities, including a bus terminal, the project was scheduled for completion in March 2020 but remains stalled. On-site […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59983,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59981\/revisions\/59983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}