Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, has asserted that the nation’s superior is 1 of the astir peaceful places to reside successful Nigeria, crediting the presumption to information measures and the residents’ zero-tolerance for crime.
In his Independence Day day connection to Abuja residents yesterday, Wike reflected connected the nation’s journey, celebrated its unity and catalogued his administration’s achievements successful enactment with President Bola Tinubu’s ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’.
The curate promised to supply much first-class infrastructure and described the FCT arsenic Nigeria’s awesome of unity and nationhood. He urged residents to proceed to embody the religion that they are greater unneurotic and to guarantee that the labour of the nation’s founding fathers is not successful vain.
Wike said the day was a clip for sober reflection and stock-taking, indispensable to look up with Renewed Hope towards a amended future.
The curate thanked the residents for their enactment for the President’s agenda, which centres connected economical growth, nationalist security, nutrient security, sustainable improvement and infrastructure development.
He said successful alignment with this vision, advancement had been made connected respective fronts.
“The FCT Administration, with your unflinching support, volition proceed to enactment to supply first-class infrastructure and nationalist utilities arsenic demonstrated successful the completion and commissioning of strategical roads.
“It is our steadfast content that nary metropolis tin beryllium said to beryllium a metropolis without a bully web of roads, hence our absorption connected roadworthy construction.
“We person reconstructed astir of our schools and hospitals and provided overmuch needed instrumentality and personnel,” helium said.
Wike besides pointed to enactment for farmers and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) arsenic portion of efforts to empower the nation’s youths and women and reinvigorate the economy.
The curate further addressed the upcoming Area Council elections successful February 2026, marking the ceremonial commencement of the country’s electioneering process.
“I implore residents to spell astir campaigning for candidates of their prime successful a peaceful and orderly mode and to ballot for leaders who evidently person their involvement astatine heart; leaders who person imaginativeness and capableness to pull improvement and prosperity to the people,” helium stated.
He assured residents of the Administration’s concern with instrumentality enforcement to guarantee security, instrumentality and bid successful the FCT astatine each times, portion appealing to citizens to beryllium watchful implicit their neighbourhoods and to study each suspicious movements to information agents.
The curate praised President Tinubu arsenic a person who is intentional astir prioritising the well-being of the citizens and called for continued corporate effort to guarantee that the “FCT’s potentials and our corporate aspirations are realised to the fullest.”


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