
Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday disclosed how President Bola Tinubu expended about N300 billion on the six Area Councils in the FCT within the last 17 months.
The minister stated this in Ibwa village, Gwagwalada Area Council when he commissioned the 9-kilometre Paikon Kore – Ibwa road which cost was out at N8.5 billion.
He said; “Mr President committed N8.5 billion to construct this road. The Aguma Palace – Market Road is N22b and it will be commissioned in May this year.
“We have completed and we are still renovating the School for the Gifted Gwagwalada, Government Secondary School Gwagwalada, Government Secondary School Anagada, Government Secondary School Tunga Maje and Government Secondary School, Giri. The total value for these is N16.5 billion. I haven’t added the three police divisions that we are building in Gwagwalada.
“If you calculate the total value of what Mr President has committed to Gwagwalada alone, it is over N50 billion in less than two years.
“If you now add all the six Area Councils, you will see that Mr President has committed not less than N300b for the development of satellite towns.
“It is important for people to have these details so that people will not go and start saying Mr President is developing only the city centre”.
Coordinator, FCT Satellite Towns Development Department STDD, Abdulkadir Zulkiflu, recalled that contract for the Paikon Kore – Ibwa road was awarded on January 5, 2024 while work commenced on the site on January 12, 2024.
“We are here today, January 22, 2025 to commission the road. This road has enhanced business opportunities and the transport of goods and services”, he stated.
Community Laison Officer on the project, Ibrahim Maikeri, told journalists who were in the area on an independent assessment of some projects, that over 70 communities along that road stretch have been positively impacted by the road construction.
According to him, the Paikon Kore-Ibwa road had long been neglected after it was first constructed over 5 decades ago, thereby making it difficult for farmers to sell their produce outside Paikon Kore due to the deplorable state of the road.
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