“WE ARE OPENING UP SATELLITE TOWNS TO DISCOURAGE RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION”, SAYS FCT MINISTER, AS HE INSPECTS 13KM GOMANI-YANGOJI ROAD IN KWALI

L-R Managing Director, Zeberced construction, Adil Aydin Kurt, FCT Minister Barr Nyesom Wike and the Chairman, Kwali Area Council, Hon Danladi Chiya during the Minister's inspection of ongoing construction of Gomani-Yangoji road in Kwali Area Council on Thursday

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“WE ARE OPENING UP SATELLITE TOWNS TO DISCOURAGE RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION”, SAYS FCT MINISTER, AS HE INSPECTS 13KM GOMANI-YANGOJI ROAD IN KWALI

…INSISTS, NO ALLIANCE BETWEEN PDP AND APM

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barr Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has said that moves by the government to open up the satellite towns in the FCT, especially, through road construction, were aimed at reducing rural-urban migration.

Addressing journalists shortly after inspecting the 13km Gomani-Yangoji road in Kwali Area Council, on Thursday, May 14, 2026, the Minister recalled that one of the mandates of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was to spread infrastructure into the rural areas in order to discourage migration of people from rural communities to urban centres.

“Remember that when we came on board, one of the mandates on development is that we should not concentrate development, provision of infrastructure just only in the cities. We must open up our satellite towns in order to discourage rural-urban migration”, he said.

While expressing his satisfaction with the progress on Gomani to Yangoji road being handled by Zeberced, the Minister commended the management and staff of the company for their diligence. He recollected how the construction of the road around Yangoji came to be, starting from the A2 to Pai road, which was already inaugurated during the second-year anniversary of Mr. President and lamented that the Pai to Gomani segment, being handled by a different contractor was still unfinished.

“This Gomani to Yangoji road is part of the projects that will be inaugurated in this year’s anniversary of Mr President’s entry into office. I’m very happy and I commend the contractor, Zeberced, not only for providing quality jobs, but also keeping to the timeline…I’m happy, I commend the staff and management, and particularly the Managing Director who has kept to his words.

“From what we’ve seen, you can attest to the fact that we are very much encouraged. Luckily, the bridge had been launched, which we are standing on, the drainages have been done, optimized in 90 to 95 per cent. They are now building the streetlight pillars”.

“I believe that when Mr. President comes here, it will be a thing of joy for him to see that development is passing through all the satellite towns”, the Minister stated.

While responding to questions on the reported alliance between PDP and the Allied People’s Movement (APM), the Minister said that there was no existing alliance between the two political parties, describing it as the imagination of certain politicians.

“Luckily, the PDP has issued a press statement. There is no alliance between PDP and Allied People’s Movement or any other political party as the case may be. INEC also knows that there is nothing called PDP-APM Alliance”, he added.

On the current situation of the Rivers State Governor who was rumoured to have left the APC for another party but who has recently issued a public declaration of allegiance to the APC, Barr Wike said he wasn’t aware of the Governor  having any unsavoury experience in his party because he was not a member of his party, and preferred to answer questions and solve problems that had to do with his own party, the PDP.

More Pictures and Captions

FCT Minister Barr Nyesom Wike (in a bower hat) with pupils and teachers of LEA Primary school, Dafa, Kwali, Area Council, during the Minister's inspection of ongoing Gomani-Yangoji road project which cuts through the school..on Thursday

A section of the almost completed Gomani-Yangoji road in Kwali Area Council on Thursday

L-R) Coordinator, STDD, Hon Abdulkadir Zulkifli, FCT Minister Barr Nyesom Wike and the Managing Director, Zeberced construction, Adil Ayden Kurt during the Minister's inspection of ongoing construction of Gomani-Yangoji road in Kwali Area Council on Thursday

RABI MUSA UMAR

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PRESS

(OFFICE OF THE HONOURABLE MINISTER)

14/05/2026

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