By Ben Adoga, Abuja
As part of activities marking President Bola Tinubu’s second anniversary, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), under the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has earmarked 19 days for project commissioning.
This was part of the decisions taken yesterday at the 14th Executive Committee meeting of the FCTA, which the Minister chaired.
According to a statement by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, “the commissioning of projects will commence on June 10, 2025, and will last 19 days.”
Some projects scheduled for commissioning are the newly renovated Abuja International Conference Centre, Bus Terminals in Kugbo and Mabushi, and Apo—Wassa road.
Others are the N16 interchange and roads connecting Maitama through Katampe to Jahi, the Inner Northern Expressway from Ring Road 3 (Idu to Kubwa Road), the CN8 from N5 (Obafemi Awolowo Way) to the Court of Appeal, the N20 Flyover ONNEX—Kubwa Road, and Life Camp Junction to Ring Road III.
The Kabusa-Takushara Access Road and Kabusa-Keti Access Road, access roads in Giri District, a 15km road from A2 Junction, Abuja-Lokoja Road to Pai in Kwali Area Council, and the Ushafa, War College, and Army Checkpoint roads in Bwari Area Council, are also to be commissioned.
Also, the FCT Executive Committee has approved the award of a contract for upgrading streetlights on Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway (Ring Road I).
Mr Richard Dauda, Acting Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), said the project was among the seven approved memos submitted by the FCDA for consideration.
He explained that the project involves upgrading the obsolete streetlights on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway, a 14-kilometre 10-lane expressway from Maitama to Gudu.
“If you pass there at night, you will realise that most parts of the road are in darkness because the streetlights have been there for close to 15 years now.
“The project was completed between 2005 and 2006, and the lights have become obsolete and no longer bright enough to light the road,” he said.
He said the upgrade became necessary following the availability of new technology in street lighting.
He added that a hybrid street lighting system would be deployed to brighten the road, make it more secure and motorable at night, and improve its safety.
