The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, is set to receive the ‘Nigeria Infrastructure Minister of the Year’ award from the original inhabitants of the FCT in recognition of his significant contributions to developing outer districts and satellite towns in Abuja.
The award will be presented on Saturday, December 13 at the Jummai Aduda Townhall, Karu District, according to a statement signed by Peter Samuel Aye, Secretary-General of the Karu Gbagyi Development Association (KAGBADA).
Aye said FCT indigenes had never witnessed the scale of infrastructure development currently underway under Wike and President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The ceremony will also include a public lecture on the 2026 FCT elections, to be delivered by former Nigerian Ambassador to Gambia, Ayuba Jacob Ngbako, as well as scholarship awards and empowerment support for Karu Chiefdom residents.
KAGBADA listed a number of completed and ongoing projects that influenced the honour, including:
Rehabilitation of Nyanya–Karu–Jikwoyi–Karshi Highway, easing traffic within Karu Chiefdom
Completion of Kugbo Bus Terminal and Kugbo International Market
Reconstruction of roads within Karu township
The Karu Water Supply Project (Lot 2), involving 194km of pipelines to provide potable water to hundreds of thousands of residents
The group also commended Wike for fostering positive relations with their political leader, Senator Philip Tanimu Aduda, and for supporting the appointment of their son-in-law, Architect Richard Dauda, as Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).
Additionally, they praised the minister’s recent termination and reassignment of the troubled Apo–Karshi Road contract to a more competent firm, expressing confidence that the move will finally bring relief to affected residents.
However, KAGBADA appealed to Wike to intervene in what they described as the continuous exclusion of FCT indigenes from federal appointments, including diplomatic postings and positions within the North Central Development Commission (NCDC).
The association pledged their continued support for the FCT Administration.
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