The roof over the National Assembly has continued to leak rainwater after the 9th Assembly allocated N30bn to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) in the 2021 fiscal year for a comprehensive renovation of the edifice.
Independent reports that segments of the porous roof were noticed since the start of this season’s rainy season, with reports appearing on some blogs.
But in a swift reaction to the reports, the construction firm handling the renovation of the National Assembly Complex, Visible Construction Limited, has assured users of the complex that the leaking points will stop soon.
Assurance from the construction firm was given on Wednesday by the Project Engineer, Tajudeen Olanipekun in reaction to a report made by some bloggers on rainwater leakages at some points in the White House Segment of the Complex on Tuesday this week and Thursday last week.
Visible Construction, which won the contract, commenced work in April last year with the provision of temporary Hallow Chambers for both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
In his reaction, Engineer Olanipekun said his firm was on top of the situation as specialised chemicals for the affected expansion joints, will soon be applied.
He said all the roofs of the complex both at the White House and adjourning structures, have been thoroughly checked for the discovery of expansion joints requiring water-tight chemicals that will prevent any form of leakages.
The Chemical he added, is already imported from the United States of America but would be applied after the rainy season this year.
He added, “The report on roof leakage in the National Assembly to us at Visible Construction, is like a marking script of a student still writing his or her examination.
“Renovation work on the entire complex is still being carried out by us. It is when we have finished the work that a report on roof leakage can be written which, to us, would never happen as the problem would be a thing of the past by the time it is handed over to the FCDA that gave us the job.
“There should be no cause for alarm from any quarters as regards the project since Engineers from FCDA are also with us.”
