YANGOJI RESIDENTS TROOP OUT EN-MASSE TO RECEIVE FCT MINISTER DURING PROJECT INSPECTION

FCT Minister Barr Nyesom Wike addressing a mammoth crowd who came to welcome during his inspection of Gomani - Yangoji road in Kwali area council, on Monday

FCTA PRESS RELEASE

YANGOJI RESIDENTS TROOP OUT EN-MASSE TO RECEIVE FCT MINISTER DURING PROJECT INSPECTION

- MINISTER SAYS GOVERNMENT HAS COME TO CHANGE THE LIVES OF RURAL DWELLERS

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was welcomed by a swarming crowd at Yangoji, Kwali Area Council, while on an inspection visit to the Yangoji - Gomani Road on Monday, June 1, 2026.

Addressing Journalists after an inspection tour of road projects in Gbazago in Bwari Area Council and Yangoji in Kwali Area Council, Barrister Wike attributed the joyful reception to improvement in the lives of the people who had never had any impact from government for many years.

“We can see how happy the natives here are. You can see the people are happy. We are also happy too”, he added.

Responding to journalists on the implication of the high turn out of people, the FCT Minister said the people were not even aware he was visiting Yangoji because he had not informed them of his visit. He rather attributed the rousing welcome from them as an acknowledgement of the changes they had seen in their community.

“Things were bad. Things are getting better. We have come to change their lives. They have been hearing, “government, government” but now they can see what government means. They never believed that this could happen. They never felt any impact of the government before. They are happy. It makes us happy too. This is the evidence of the Renewed Hope Agenda - to make people believe that things can come back to what they are supposed to be”, the Minister stated.

He further promised to continue to do what will make the people happy by improving on their lives, and by continuing to do better, and to bring more dividends of democracy to them.

Speaking on the project he inspected, from the Abuja Lokoja Expressway to Dafa, Yangoji then Gomani in Kwali Area Council, being constructed by Messrs Zeberced, the Minister said the project was virtually completed with just the fitting of streetlights and a few drainages left. He further commended Zeberced for their timeliness, ability to keep to terms, and adherence to project timelines.

“They have kept to terms, and I want to recognize Zeberced for a job well done”.

Earlier in the day, the Minister had also visited the Gbazango road project at Kubwa also being done by Zeberced, and was equally satisfied with it, saying that “it shows we are also ready for the 3rd Anniversary celebration of Mr President”.

Responding to a question on the state of affairs of the opposition coalition, Barr Wike reiterated what he had said in a media chat early that morning: that the so-called opposition coalition was actually just a group of politicians who came together out of ‘personal selfish interest’. He stated that the coalition had originally been set up for the emergence of Atiku Abubakar, and with the misgivings that arose after that, he added that the coast was ‘very much clear’ for the President to be re-elected in 2027.

PICTURES AND CAPTIONS

Residents of Dafa and Yangoji lined up the street to receive the FCT Minister Barr Nyesom Wike during his inspection of the completed and ready to be commissioned Gomani/Yangoji road in Kwali area council on Monday

A section of the Gomani-Yangoji road in Kwali area council on Monday

Ongoing construction of the Gbazango (Arab road) in Kubwa, Abuja on Monday

RABI MUSA UMAR

DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PRESS

(OFFICE OF THE HON. MINISTER)

FCTA/ODP/PR/851

01/06/2026