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 …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and a group of concessionaires have signed an agreement to recommence the On-Street Parking, otherwise known as the “park-and-pay” scheme in Abuja. It was reported that the Federal Executive Council in May 2023, approved the park-and-pay policy in Zone A (Wuse II and Utako), with NAJEC Limited as its concessionaire, and an expected revenue …

The Permanent Secretary of Federal Capital Territory Administration, Adesola Olusade, on Tuesday, said that an investigation had commenced unraveling the immediate and remote causes of the four-storey building collapse on plot 965, Dape, Life Camp, in the Gwarinpa District of the FCT. Olusade, who confirmed the development during an on-the-spot assessment of the scene of the collapsed structure, said anyone …

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has confirmed the outbreak of diphtheria, a deadly disease, which has now claimed the life of a four-year-old boy out of five reported cases. Director of FCT Public Health Department, Sadiq Abdulrahman, who made the declaration on Monday in Abuja, said information available to the department indicated that the disease was imported from neighbouring …