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