Tinubu’s 2nd anniversary: Wike fixes 19 days for Abuja projects commissioning

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has earmarked 19 days for projects commissioning in Abuja, as part of activities marking the second year anniversary of President Bola Tinubu.

This was part of the decisions taken at the 14th executive committee meeting of the FCT Administration which was chaired by Wike in Abuja on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

According to a statement issued by the minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, the commissioning of projects will commence on June 10, 2025, and will go on for 19 days.

Some of the projects scheduled for commissioning are the newly renovated Abuja International Conference Centre, Bus Terminals in Kugbo and Mabushi as well as Apo-Wassa road.

Others are N16 interchange and roads to connect Maitama through Katampe to Jahi, Inner Nothern Expressway from Ring Road 3 (Idu to Kubwa Road), CN8 from N5 (Obafemi Awolowo Way) to Court of Appeal, N20 Flyover Onnex Kubwa Road, and Life Junction to Ring Road III.

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Also to be commissioned are Kabulsa-Takushara Access Road, Kabusa-Ketti Access Road, access road in Giri District, 15km Road from A2 Junction Abuja-Lokoja Road to Pai in Kwali Area Council, as well as the Ushafa, War College, and Army Checkpoint roads in Bwari Area Council.

Olayinka further disclosed that the FCT Executive Committee approved the award of contract for the upgrade of streetlights on Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway (Ring Road I).

The Acting Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Richard Dauda, said the project was among the seven approved memos submitted by the FCDA for consideration.

Dauda explained that the project involves the upgrade of the obsolete streetlights on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway, a 14-kilometre 10-lane expressway from Maitama to Gudu.

He said the upgrade became necessary following available new technology in street lightning.

He added that a hybrid street lighting system would be deployed to brighten the road and make it more secure and more motorable in the night.

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