FCTA to construct new INEC headquarters in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced plans to construct a new headquarters for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. The new edifice will be located in the Maitama district of the Federal Capital Territory.

According to Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is scheduled to officially flag off the construction of the new INEC headquarters next week.

This development is part of a broader initiative by the FCTA to commemorate President Tinubu’s second year in office.

In May, Wike disclosed that the president would inaugurate several completed projects and also launch new ones in celebration of the anniversary.

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Among the completed and ongoing projects are the renovated Abuja International Conference Centre (AICC), new bus terminals in Kugbo and Mabushi, and the construction of the Apo-Wassa Road.

Additional infrastructure projects include the N16 Interchange and road links connecting Maitama, Katampe, and Jahi; the Inner Northern Expressway stretching from Ring Road 3 (Idu to Kubwa Road); the CN8 route from N5 (Obafemi Awolowo Way) to the Court of Appeal; and the N20 flyover along the Onnex-Kubwa Road. Also underway are upgrades from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III.

Other road projects encompass the Kabusa-Takushara and Kabusa-Ketti access roads, a Giri District access road, a 15km stretch from A2 Junction on the Abuja-Lokoja Road to Pai in Kwali Area Council, as well as roads in Ushafa, the War College area, and around the army checkpoint in the Bwari Area Council.