FCT EXCO APPROVES MAJOR CONTRACTS TO BOOST INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Executive Committee (EXCO) on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, announced the approval of several contracts aimed at significantly enhancing infrastructure development across the nation’s capital. The approvals came during the Committee’s 3rd meeting of the year, chaired by the FCT Minister, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike.
The approved contracts will address critical areas, including urban maintenance, road infrastructure, security, and public facilities.
Briefing journalists shortly after the Executive Committee Meeting, Coordinator of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Chief Felix Obuah, said contracts were approved for the operation and maintenance of Apo Erector and an extension of the service contract for the Wupa Basic Sewage Treatment Plant. Additionally, the Committee, he said, approved a two-month extension for solid waste collection and management services across 40 districts in the FCT. These contracts, he said, underscore the FCT Administration’s commitment to enhancing urban maintenance and waste management.
Also addressing journalists, the Ag Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Engr. Richard Yunana Dauda, detailed significant approvals for road infrastructure. A major highlight is the upgrading and support of obsolete streetlights on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway (Ring Road 1). He said the 14-kilometer, 10-lane expressway, whose streetlights had deteriorated over the 15 years since they were installed, will now benefit from a hybrid lighting system to enhance security and improve night time driving experience.
In a bid to restrict the movement of pedestrians, Engr. Dauda said the Executive Committee also approved the provision of pedestrian access control at interchanges in 12 locations in the FCT. Engr. Dauda explained that these projects, involving fencing green areas at the interchanges with mesh wire and providing walkways, are crucial for securing sensitive areas, curbing the movement of miscreants, preventing open defecation, and ultimately, beautifying the city’s interchanges. He added that the Committee also approved the construction of a Magistrate Court in Jabi, in addition to the two earlier approved in Asokoro and Garki.
Engr. Dauda further disclosed that significant strides are also expected in district development, with approved contracts for the construction of access roads, drainages, and culverts in Durumi District, totaling approximately 1.7 kilometers of new roads. Similarly, the Executive Secretary said infrastructure will be provided in Mabushi District, including access roads, underground drainage services, street lighting, and essential facilities like water and sewage collection.
In a move to bolster security, Engr. Dauda added that the FCT Executive Committee approved a contract for renovation, furnishing, and technical installations at the Department of State Security headquarters. Also, an emergency contract was awarded and completed to control erosion impacting major pipelines from the Lower Usuma Dam, which supplies water to Kubwa, the Airport, and Gwagwalada, safeguarding a critical water supply network.
In the words of the Executive Secretary, “Erosion had taken place at the major pipelines feeding the various tanks from the Lower Usuma dam up to Gwagwalada and it was a threat to the major water supply to all these areas. So, a company called CGC was invited and they carried out the work on an emergency basis and that has been completed”.
RABI MUSA UMAR
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, PRESS
(OFFICE OF THE HON. MINISTER)
20/05/2025
FCTA/ODP/PR/687