President Bola Tinubu’s administration reportedly constructed at least 150 km of roads in rural areas of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) between 2024 and 2025, according to Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT.
At Monday’s ceremonial launching of the recently constructed rural road from the A2 Junction (Abuja-Lokoja Motorway) to the Pai community in Kwali Area Council, Wike made this information public in Abuja.
In celebration of President Tinubu’s second year in office, he claimed that the FCT Administration had completed seventeen projects, including the road.
The minister stated that this demonstrates a commitment to enhancing both the city’s infrastructure and the quality of life in satellite communities.
After a contract for a different route—from Pai to Gumani—was won, Wike said, an emergency project was launched to construct the 15-kilometer road from A2 Junction to Pai.
He assured them that the 15-kilometer road connecting Pai and Gumani is still in the works but will be finished by year’s end.
“At the end of the day, along the stretch of this road, we will have done about 45 kilometres,” he said, adding that a 13-kilometer route connecting Gumani and Yangoji had also been granted.
According to him, the president of Nigeria, Tinubu, included six emergency road projects in the national budget for 2024, one for each of the six FCT region councils. It is my pleasure to inform you that all of these roads have been inaugurated,” he announced.
In his list of completed roads, he included the following: the 9-kilometer Paikon Kore to Ibwa road in Gwagwalada Area Council, the 7.2-kilometer Gaba and Tokulo road in Bwari Area Council, the 5-kilometer dualised Kuje township road from Tipper Garage to LEA Secretariat, the 11-kilometer Sukuku-Ebo-Yangoji road in Kwali Area Council, the 5-kilometer road to Saburi I and II in Abuja Municipal Area Council, and another 5 kilometres of road in Abaji Area Council. The minister went on to say that additional roads will be opened in 2025.
The following roads will soon be opened: a 10-kilometer stretch connecting Aguma Palace, Radio Nigeria, and Market Road in Gwagwalada; an 18-kilometer stretch connecting Nyanya and Karshi; a 7.4-kilometer stretch connecting Dutse Alhaji and Usuma Dam; and a 16.4-kilometer dualised stretch connecting Ushafa to War College and the Army Checkpoint in Bwari Area Council.
Not only are these road upgrades benefiting rural people, but they are also making the FCT safer, in his opinion.
We have built at least 150 km of roads within the satellite towns, including both the ones that are now under construction and those that have been finished.
“We are providing these data so that doubting Thomas can go and check whether they are in existence or if they are just mere propaganda,” Wike stated.