…Promises The Construction Of A Senior Secondary School In Ketti
1. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has stressed the FCT Administration’s commitment to opening up the Area Councils through the construction of rural roads, in line with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s directive.
2. The Minister stated this on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, while flagging off the construction of the 10.5-kilometer Kabusa-Ketti access road in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).
3. Barrister Wike said providing rural roads would improve residents’ well-being, enhance access to farmlands, and improve security in rural areas.
4. He assured of adequate funding for the timely completion of the road project, which, he said, would be commissioned during President Tinubu’s second year anniversary in office.
5. while stressing that development will not be concentrated in the Abuja city center, the Minister said the Kabusa-Ketti road would be provided with streetlights as part of efforts to tackle insecurity.
6. He said, “Our effort is not to concentrate development in the city. Mr. President has directed that we must also open up all the satellite towns, and that is what we are doing today in Kabusa-Ketti”.
7. The Minister commended the residents for coming out to show appreciation for the road project and urged them to continue to support the government. He assured them that the FCT Administration would continue to interact with them to address the issues that affect them.
8. Reacting to a request written on one of the banners hoisted by community members demanding the construction of a Senior secondary school in the Ketti community, the Minister assured that the request would be granted.
9. He said, “Let me assure you, I’ve seen what you have written there without you even saying it. Let me approve that Ketti will get a Senior Secondary School”.
10. Stressing that governance was a two-way contract between the people and the leadership, the Minister assured that President Tinubu’s government would continue to fulfill the promises he had made to the people.
11. He said, “Mr. President has come through me to fulfill his promises”.
12. Speaking further on the projects being executed in different parts of the FCT, the Minister said, “We are now going to dualize the Kuje to Gwagwalada road. We have already dualized the Garage road in Kuje. Go there at night and you will see the streetlights in Kuje now.
13. “By the time we finish the Airport Road to Kuje, you don’t need to go to Abuja to stay. You can come to work from Kuje to Abuja and go back within 15 minutes, and that is what the government is all about; that is what the present administration is doing”.
14. Earlier in their separate goodwill messages, the Chairman, Senate Committee on FCT Area Councils and Ancillary Matters, Senator David Jimkuta and the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on FCT, Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara thanked the FCT Minister for his development efforts in the FCT and support for President Tinubu in actualizing the Renewed Hope Agenda and assured of the continued support of the National Assembly for the FCT Administration.
15. Noting that the FCTA requires resources to provide infrastructure, Hon. Aliyu Betara called on residents to pay up their ground rent and other levies, stressing that the FCT Minister was working for the interest of all residents.
16. In his vote of thanks, the Chairman of AMAC, Hon. Christopher Maikalangu, also thanked the FCT Minister for providing rural roads in the Area Council, which, he said, will improve security and enhance the socio-economic condition of residents.
17. The Acting Executive Secretary, FCDA, Engr. Richard Yunana Dauda, while highlighting the scope of work for the road project, said the 10.5-kilometer Kabusa-Ketti road will be completed in 6 months and will be provided with streetlights and all the services of a modern road project.
18. While pledging his commitment to deliver the project, the Project Manager, TeckOil Global Concept Ltd – contractors handling the project, Engr. Abdullahi Murtala thanked the Minister for allowing an Indigenous company to execute the project and assured that the project would be completed on time without compromising on standards
ANTHONY OGUNLEYE
DIRECTOR, PRESS
(OFFICE OF THE HON. MINISTER)
04/12/2024
