President Bola Tinubu has approved nine-day as Federal Capital Territory Week to inaugurate various projects completed under his administration starting from May 27 to June 6.
The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, announced this while inspecting the projects in preparation for the celebration of Tinubu’s one year in office.
“By the approval of Mr President, we believe that from 27 May, we shall begin the inauguration of various projects and will end on 6 June.
“Particularly on 27 May, President Tinubu will inaugurate commercial operations of the Abuja Light Rail also known as Abuja Metro Line, and we will carry out the final inspection of the project on 20 May.
“From what we have seen, I think we are good to go,” he said.
Wike also expressed confidence that the Vice President’s residence, situated along Aso Drive, would be completed and potentially inaugurated on June 6.
He elaborated that the nine-day inauguration events would demonstrate the Tinubu-led administration’s dedication to revitalizing the hopes of Nigerians.
“We have a lot of projects being executed that will be inaugurated. So many projects that I cannot begin to list them.
“We are happy; the contractors are meeting up, and all the promises made they have fulfilled.
“We have also fulfilled our own part, by making sure that we make the needed cash available and none of the contractors is complaining in terms of cash,” he added.
The minister added that other projects, such as the construction of bus terminals, the Court of Appeal, FCT Division, and additional initiatives, would also be inaugurated during this period.
Regarding the non-functionality of some streetlights in parts of the city, Wike explained that some streetlights were currently under maintenance, while others were being tested.
He assured residents that the streetlights would be operational once the contractors completed their work.
“As I speak to you, most of the streetlights are being worked on and with the project we are executing, you don’t expect the light to be on.
“The contractors are test running them, so most of the ones that are not working are those that are being worked on.
“We believe that before the inauguration you will see that most of the streetlights will be on,” the minister said.
