ABUJA PROJECTS WILL HAVE POSITIVE IMPACT ON 2027 ELECTIONS – WIKE
…Announces Road Extension to Zuba
By: Wisdom Acka
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, has said that the numerous ongoing and completed projects across the nation’s capital will have a positive impact on the 2027 elections.
Wike was reacting to a question on whether the general elections would have any effect on the many projects expected for completion and commissioning by President Bola Tinubu in commemoration of his third anniversary.
His words: “Politics is different. You have to serve the people. Politics has its own time, and the work will continue to go on. Politics is not going to affect it.
“The only way it will affect the people is that they will be happy to see that the Renewed Hope Agenda is real and is positively impacting their lives.”
The Minister inspected projects on the construction of the road network in the Institutions District, ongoing work on the Body of Benchers annex building, and the seven-kilometre road linking Tungan Madaki community to Bill Clinton Drive, which is at an advanced completion stage.
Speaking on the Institutions District road, Wike stated that it is a “very important road that would have a lot of traffic if you are taking the old road that leads to the EFCC.
“The work done there is very encouraging. It was there when the representative of the company did a show. By the end of May, they would have handed over that project.
“And it’s one of the projects we will have for inauguration during Mr. President’s third year in office.”
Wike also expressed satisfaction with work on the Body of Benchers extension building, revealing that it was almost 80 percent completed.
“What is left there is landscaping. You see the big conference hall now where we are. You have the main bridge, which has about four-span bridges.
“It’s quite encouraging that we are opening up other areas. You can imagine, generally, this is what the body has suffered. It’s unimaginable. So, we thank God that we had this opportunity,” he said.
On the Tungan Madaki road, the Minister also said he was happy with the quality and pace of work, even as he instantaneously announced that the road would be extended by another seven-kilometre stretch to connect Zuba.
Explaining the rationale for the award of the contract, Wike said: “We came about this road when they were supposed to do the second runway.
“And for payment of compensation, the community and the villagers demanded that they would agree only if they were also linked up to the city. And that’s what we are doing here today—a promise made, a promise fulfilled.
“So, we are happy with what was said, and the contractors have also agreed that by the end of May, first week of June, or second week of June, they would have also completed this major, major road,” he stated.
