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Ahead of the forthcoming FCT Area Council elections, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has endorsed the re-election bid of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chairmanship campaigner for the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu.
The endorsement came connected Monday during the flag-off of a 7-kilometre roadworthy task successful Tunga Madaki, wherever Wike straight linked the government’s improvement efforts to electoral enactment successful return.
The project, which includes four-span bridges and volition link 9 settlements to the Abuja Airport via Bill Clinton Drive, fulfills a committedness made during the onshore acquisition for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport’s 2nd runway.
Wike explained that though the onshore belongs to the FCT, the Aviation Ministry had to wage compensation, during which the affected communities demanded roadworthy entree arsenic a condition.
“It was rather unfair that radical would surrender their ancestral onshore for a nationalist task similar a 2nd runway, yet they had nary entree road, adjacent to the airdrome they gave onshore for.
“So, I took the substance to Mr. President, and helium said, ‘Whatever they inquire for, springiness it to them.’ Today, we are present to fulfill that promise,” helium said.
The FCT curate stated that the roadworthy operation would beryllium completed and commissioned by June 2026, to coincide with the 3rd day of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
“This is simply a authorities that listens, a authorities that keeps its promises. For the archetypal clip successful your lives, you asked for 1 thing, and the authorities responded. That is what the Renewed Hope Agenda is each about,” helium said.
Addressing the excited crowd, Wike lauded Maikalangu, whom helium described arsenic a tireless advocator for the Tunga Madaki community.
“Maikalangu has ne'er stopped reminding maine astir the committedness made to you during the onshore compensation process.
“He kept pressing, and present we are today. I americium handing him implicit to you. Support him successful the February 2026 elections, truthful that by June, erstwhile the roadworthy is commissioned, we’ll each creation unneurotic successful celebration.
“One bully crook deserves another. When you bash for me, I bash for you. When you autumn for me, I autumn for you. When you perceive to me, I perceive to you,” helium said.
He asked them to bespeak connected past enactment and question the lack of attraction earlier the APC-led administration.
“You person had assembly chairmen before, did anyone retrieve Tunga Madaki? Did they link you to the airdrome to whom you gave onshore away? Ask them wherever they were erstwhile your roads were impassable,” Wike said.
He added that the roadworthy would catalyse improvement crossed the 9 antecedently neglected communities.
Earlier, the FCT curate of State, Mariya Mahmoud, explained the project’s broader impact.
“The inclusion of a four-span span demonstrates the administration’s determination to guarantee resilience and durability successful our infrastructure,” she stated.
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