Tinubu, Akpabio Hail Julius Berger Over ICC Refurbishment

Wednesday June 11, 2025|

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reaffirmed Julius Berger’s exceptional commitment to excellence.

He was joined by the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio in hailing the engineering construction company for delivering a world class rehabilitated International Conference Centre on schedule.

Speaking when he commissioned the newly rehabilitated International Conference Centre, ICC, Abuja Tuesday, the President Tinubu who stressed his administration’s commitment to revitalizing critical infrastructure across all sectors of the country, under the Renewed Hope Agenda of his administration, recalled the sad state of the Centre during the last ECOWAS Parliament Conference held in the facility, described its then-dilapidated state as an embarrassment and a stark reflection of decline.

Noting that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, there and then assured him of a complete transformation, he declared that the promise has now been fulfilled.

Continuing amidst cheers from the audience, the President expressed his profound honour and happiness at the re-opening of the ICC, emphasizing that the rehabilitation reflects a determined effort to showcase Nigeria as a nation of quality, character, determination, and great spirit.

Senate President Godswill Akpabio, in his goodwill remarks, did not also mince words in commending the FCT minister and the contractor.

While hailing Wike for the marvellous renovation job, describing the previous state of the ICC as a “monumental embarrassment, Akpabio said, Mr. President, I will leave it to you to say your observation on this rehabilitated infrastructure; but permit me to commend the Honourable Minister of The Federal Capital Territory my dear brother, Nyesom Wike and his team. He added, I don’t know which contractor handled this project, but I can imagine it must be the usual Julius Berger. I am just guessing because I saw their quality when I entered. Mr President the renovation, the rehabilitation and the transformation that we are witnessing in ICC is what we are bringing to this country whether people like it or not.

Senator Akpabio then praised President Tinubu’s transformative impact on the country, saying, “The Nigerian Parliament is very proud of you. We are proud of the fact that we do budgeting, we give the approval, and you do the execution. You have put on your thinking cap, and you are very determined to leave Nigeria better than you met it.”