Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has assured that all capital projects initiated under President Bola Tinubu’s administration in Abuja will be completed before the end of the administration’s tenure.
Wike gave the assurance during a media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he said the administration had recorded significant progress in infrastructure development across the FCT.
According to the minister, the Tinubu administration has commissioned 107 capital projects in the territory, with 76 already completed.
He said 10 additional projects are expected to be commissioned before the January elections, while the remaining projects would be completed before the expiration of the administration’s tenure.
“The President’s administration under Bola Tinubu commissioned 107 capital projects. We have completed 76. Before the January election, we will commission 10, and before the end of his tenure, we would have commissioned all the projects,” Wike said.
The FCT minister also said the administration had made substantial progress in completing projects inherited from previous governments.
According to him, 23 of the 25 projects inherited from the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari had been completed, while work was ongoing on the remaining two.
Similarly, he said six of the eight projects inherited from the administrations of former Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and Umaru Musa Yar’Adua had been completed, with the remaining two still ongoing.
“We inherited 25 projects from President Buhari and completed 23, while two are currently ongoing.
“We inherited eight projects from the administrations of President Jonathan and President Yar’Adua. We have completed six, while two are ongoing,” he said.
Wike maintained that the Tinubu administration was committed to ensuring that every project initiated under the Renewed Hope Agenda in the FCT was completed within the President’s tenure.
“Before this tenure expires, every project started under Bola Tinubu would have been completed,” he said.
The minister also challenged critics to compare the current administration’s performance in the FCT with that of previous governments, insisting that Abuja had witnessed unprecedented development under the Tinubu administration.
“In the history of the FCT, no government has done what we have done in Abuja. I challenge anyone to come out,” Wike stated.