Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike has been urged to implement systems to tackle fraud in contract awards and abandoned projects littered in the territory. The community of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in the FCT has lamented difficulties in accessing public and private infrastructures and the impact of demolitions on its members. Programme Manager at Priests Peace and …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has warned intending FCT pilgrims to drop the idea of absconding because the full wrath of the law will be applied on them if caught. The FCTA permanent secretary, Olusade Adesola, stated this at the pre-departure orientation program for FCT pilgrims, which was organised by the FCT Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board (FCT-CPWB) in Abuja. …

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through the Transport Secretariat has vowed to prosecute five suspected vandals, who were arrested in the early hours of Wednesday while engaging in the act of vandalising the facilities of the rail track of the Abuja Light Rail project. The suspected criminals who specialised in vandalising perimeter fences, communication cables, and rail track cables were …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike has vowed to get to the bottom of the recent garnishee order to the sum of over $600 million against the FCTA and ensure that such situations do not recur. The minister who made this known yesterday at the swearing-in ceremony of the mandate secretaries of the FCTA, described the garnishee …

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister Nyesom Wike has told staff members of the FCT Administration that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has confidence in him to manage the affairs of the nation’s capital well. He warned contractors handling the rehabilitation of 135 roads and civil engineering services against contract variations. The minister, who spoke while inaugurating a road project yesterday in …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mandate Secretaries for the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA). In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Director of Press in the Office of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Anthony Ogunleye said the appointees included Mr. Bitrus Garki, Secretary, Area Council Services Secretariat; Mr. Lawan Geidam, Secretary, Agriculture …

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory Administration, Barrister Nyesom Wike has said that his administration has concluded plans to reintroduce monthly sanitation as part of strategies to keep the city of Abuja clean. Following a closed-door meeting with contractors handling different projects in the FCT on Monday night, the minister said he had already briefed President Bola Tinubu on the …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday demolished a multimillion-Naira duplex located at Plot 226 Cadastral Zone, A02 Wuse 1, Wuse Zone 6 District, for building on an unapproved plot of land. The Director of the Department of Development Control, Mr. Mukhtar Galadima told the media in Abuja on Monday that the building was said to belong to the …

About 10 directors in the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) who have spent over eight years in office have failed to proceed on mandatory retirement almost one month after the newly revised Public Service Rules became operational. The directors were said to have spent between nine and 12 years on the directorate cadre and were required to turn in their …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has insisted that illegal settlements in Abuja and environs will be removed. The Chief Press Secretary of the FCTA, Anthony Ogunleye said this on Wednesday, noting that the minister has not disclosed the number of buildings that will be removed. The statement also denied the report that the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike owned …