President Muhammadu Buhari will within the next 30 days , commission the over N50billion Permanent Site of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies ( NILDS) situated along the Airport road in Abuja .
For realisation of the commissioning , the National Assembly on Thursday, gave handler of the project , Julius Berger Construction Company , marching order , to get it completed within 30 days .
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.