Tag: Federal Capital Territory

Wike and FCT’s infrastructural transformation

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By Rachel Usman In the capital of a country that often forgets to finish what it starts, Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital these past few days witnessed not a spectacle but stewardship, with the unveiling of completed infrastructure projects within a two-week period to celebrate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second anniversary. Over two weeks, the strength of policy met the power of personality, and perhaps more than any other in recent memory, exposed the depth of FCT Minister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike’s political magnetism and the breadth of his economic reform impact.…

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Two-year project to strengthen FCT indigenous cultural ties launched 

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FCT’s original inhabitants have called for the further strengthening of their cultural ties under a two-year project that will train 300 women and youths.  Godwin Arome Onoja, Program Manager, Helpline Social Support Initiative, who addressed a press conference in Abuja, said Helpline, in partnership with the Resource Centre for Human Right and Civic Education CHRICED, continues to seek to promote the Rights of the Original Inhabitants (OIs) of FCT with support from MacArthur Foundation.  He said the 2-years project is to promote the cultural rights of the OIs on three…

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FCT Youth Stakeholders hail appointment of Secretary of newly created secretariat

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A group, FCT Youth Stakeholders, have commended the FCT Minister, Bar. Nyesom Wike, for the judicious appointment of one of its members as the Mandate Secretary of the newly established Youth Secretariat. A statement from the Secretary, FCT Youth Stakeholders Forum, Zakari Gambo Babale, and Amb. Mukhtar Akoshile, said the selection of one of its member for this crucial position within the Youth Secretariat is a testament to the Minister’s commitment to youth inclusion, empowerment, and active participation in governance within the FCT. “It reflects a forward-looking approach that recognizes…

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FCT: H/Reps. want Wike, 6Councilchairmen sanctioned forinsubordination

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The House of Representatives has called for sanction against the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike and six Area Council Chairmen over insubordination and disregard for the House. A member of the House Committee on FCT Area Council and Ancillary, Rep. Ikonne Ifeanyi, made the demand during the committees meeting in Abuja, yesterday. According to him, it was a show of disrespect and lack of regard for the House that the Minister and his council chairmen refused to appear before the House after they were needed on invitation.…

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??New FCT Judges: To whom much is given…

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By Dr. Jumai Ahmad The attainment of justice represents one of the enduring promises of Constitutional democracy. And the right to a fair trial is perhaps the most fundamental tenet of Constitutional democracy and has been recognized as a universal human right. This promise was again given when the ranks of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory was swelled by the recent appointment of 12 new judges by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. Among the 12 judges to be sworn-in on Wednesday, July 10,…

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Wike broadens mandate of task force on C-of-Os, to cover Land Swaps

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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has broadened the task forces mandate on issuance of Certificate of Occupancy, (C-of-Os) to include reviewing the Abuja Land Swap system and investigating the sale of federal government houses in the Federal Capital Territory. It was gathered that the extended timelines for the task force is now two months, and their focus is on gathering details, verifying documentation, and addressing concerns about abandoned or sold properties. The goal, the Minister said, is to understand the status of the land-swap system…

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‘Cronies pressurising President Buhari for Abuja properties to marry new wives’

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President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed how his cronies pressured him for land allocations in Abuja, the federal capital. The President admitted he was overwhelmed by his associates inundated requests for land allocations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Buhari disclosed this when he hosted Abuja residents led by FCT minister Mohammed Bello, who paid him the traditional Christmas Day homage at the weekend, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. According to the Nigerian leader, the attempt by his cronies to influence the sale of Abuja properties to them was unusual. Buhari said…

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Train crushes lady in her car in Abuja, Police confirm

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A passenger train crushed a woman and her car as she tried to drive across the train tracks in the Kubwa area of Abuja,the nations capital, yesterday. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, in an issued statement to newsmen in Abuja, yesterday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Commissioner, Babaji Sunday, was quoted as saying; FCT Police Command is aware of the unfortunate incident of Rail/ motor fatal accident that happened at Chikakore axis in the Kubwa Area council of the FCT.…

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Again, FCT primary school teachers embark on indefinite strike

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Primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), yesterday, again embarked on indefinite strike action over the failure of the area council chairmen to reach agreements with the Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT). The State Chairman of the FCT wing of the NUT, Comrade Stephen Knabayi, disclosed this to newsmen after their emergency Executive Council meeting, which held at the Teachers House, Gwagwalada. Knabayi said the emergency meeting was to review the level of compliance and commitment of the Council chairmen to the agreement with the union, which led…

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New Year: FCTA shuts nightclubs, restricts church gatherings

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Re-introduces ‘Park and-Pay’ policy in Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration, (FCTA), has directed that all religious and social gatherings be limited to 50 percent of the hall capacity during the New Year festivities. The Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Attah Ikharo, who handed the directive, said the surge in new cases of Covid-19 was alarming, and that the FCT administration would not fold its arms and watch things get out of control. He said the ban on nightclubs and other social gatherings where…

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