FCT TARGETS 20-DAY COMMISSIONING MARATHON AS MINISTER INSPECTS LANDMARK JUDICIAL, HOUSING, ROAD PROJECTS

Judges quarters in Katampe, Abuja on Tuesday ..ready for commissioning

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FCT TARGETS 20-DAY COMMISSIONING MARATHON AS MINISTER INSPECTS LANDMARK JUDICIAL, HOUSING, ROAD PROJECTS 

-       SAYS SPREAD OF DEVELOPMENT TO SATELLITE TOWNS SHOWS IMPACT OF GOVERNANCE UNDER TINUBU ADMINISTRATION

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has announced a 20-day project commissioning marathon across the Territory next month to mark the third anniversary of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration.

Barr. Wike made the disclosure on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, while briefing journalists after an extensive inspection of critical judicial, residential, and road infrastructure projects in Abuja.

“What the people want is to feel the impact of governance. Indeed, Nigerians are not interested in ethnicity or religion. What they are interested in is good governance, and we have provided it”, the Minister said.

The Minister emphasized the administration’s deliberate push to extend infrastructure beyond the city centre to long-neglected satellite towns and rural communities. 

“Can you state how many governments have been able to impact on the satellite towns like the current administration? This is the first time they can really know that there's a government in FCT, not just within the city, but going to the satellite towns”, he said.

He cited the Wasa Informal Sector site for the relocation of Apo Mechanic Village as a prime example. “You can imagine when the Apo mechanic village people will go down to the informal sector in Wasa, what the place will look like. That is what you call governance”, he said, while confirming that access roads and streetlights at Wasa are fully operational, and work on water connection, a dedicated police station, and staff quarters are ongoing.

Providing updates on projects inspected, the Minister expressed satisfaction with the quality and pace of work, noting that contractors have kept their promise to deliver by the end of May.

“The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal in Dakibiyu, Jabi District is presently standing at 98% completion with the courtrooms fully furnished and cooling systems active while final touches like painting are underway”, he disclosed.

“The Judges’ Quarters in Katampe District, comprising residential accommodations for justices of the FCT High Court, Federal High Court, and Court of Appeal, are now fully completed and furnished. Foundations have also been set for the Industrial Court residences and the Code of Conduct Tribunal”, he added.

Other completed projects include the Collector Road CN2 in Katampe, with functional streetlights, and the main carriageways of the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX Stage 2) connecting Apo to Wasa District. “The project is virtually finished with the bridge completed while streetlights are being installed, and the final wearing course of asphalt is also being laid”, the Minister said.

Barr. Wike announced that the FCT Administration will dedicate roughly 20 days to commissioning projects across the Territory. 

“This is governance in action. This is a direct touch, a positive impact on the lives of the people. The commissioning will cover major rural interventions, including satellite town water schemes in Karu and Bwari, the Gbazango and Arab roads in Kubwa, and the 15-kilometer Gomani-to-Yangoji rural road project in Kwali. I hope that we will be able to bring the President to commission at least one of the roads in the satellite towns”, the Minister added.

Responding to questions on the attention given to the judiciary, the Minister said the administration’s approach is comprehensive and multi-sectoral. 

“It has nothing to do with the judiciary alone. We are providing water to rural areas. All sectors will be touched”, Wike maintained.

He explained that providing safe residential quarters and modernized working conditions for judges is a basic requirement for an independent judiciary that can dispense justice swiftly.

The Minister urged the media to tour rural communities with the Education Secretary to witness massive, ongoing renovations across primary and secondary schools in the FCT.

He added that the visible impact of governance across the Territory reflects a change from what used to be. “Today there is a change from what used to be in terms of voting in the FCT”, he noted, referencing the outcome of the recently concluded Area Council election where the ruling party won in the Presidential Villa for the first time.

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L-R): FCT Minister, Barr Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, MD/CEO Details 2 Dot Development Co. Nig. Ltd, Arc Akor Adapoyi; Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr Richard Yunana Dauda and Director, Public Buildings, Arc. Bature Tagwai Garba, during the Minister's inspection of the Judges quarters in Katampe, Abuja..on Tuesday

 

L-R):Director, Public Buildings, Arc. Bature Tagwai Garba; CGC's Managing Director, Marketing, Hong Chong, Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr Richard Yunana Dauda; FCT Minister, Barr Nyesom Wike and Deputy Managing Director, CGC, Lv Haiming during the Minister's inspection of ongoing construction of OSEX main carriageway in Abuja on Tuesday

Access road to the Informal Sector (Apo mechanic resettlement) in Wasa near completion...on Tuesday

L-R Deputy Managing Director, CGC, Lv Haiming, FCT Minister Barr Nyesom Wike, Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr Richard Yunana Dauda, Managing Director, Marketing, CGC, Hong Chong and the Director, Engineering Services, FCDA, Engr. Emmanuel Chukwuma during the Minister's inspection of the ongoing construction of OSEX main carriageway in Abuja on Tuesday

RABI MUSA UMAR

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PRESS

(OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER)

26/05/2026

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