By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As parts of measure to curb the increasing cases of gender based violence in the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has taken the campaign to the six area councils in the Territory. Speaking at the sensitization workshop for desk officers in...
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Friday in Abuja that it would recruit 900 health workers for its hospitals. Permanent Secretary, Health and Environment Services Secretariat (HESS), Dr Babagana Adams, said this at a dinner and award night organised by the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration has carried out free medical services for over 3,370 residents in different areas of medical needs as part of its Renewed Hope Medical Mission. The scope of the medical services provided include, health promotion, antenatal care (ANC), immunization services,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja As the Federation Capital Territory Administration celebrates 33 retired management staff, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has emphasised the administration’s commitment in ensuring that the welfare of all staff is topmost. The minister who made this commitment at the grand reception in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, has kicked off the distribution of approximately 900 metric tonnes of 30 trucks of assorted fertilizers to farmers in the territory. At the flag off ceremony held in Abuja, the minister revealed that...
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC) of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugurated a 19-member technical community to relocate Apo Mechanic Village and other technicians, dealers operating on road corridors to Wasa District, Abuja. The AMMC Coordinator, Mr Felix Obuah, who inaugurated the committee in Abuja,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has pledged its commitment to providing all that is required through the relevant Secretariat, Departments and Agencies of the FCT Administration, to boost food production and national food security. FCT Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, gave...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has reiterated its commitment to ending negligence, torture and stigmatisation of widows in the territory. Mandate Secretary, Women Affairs Secretariat, FCTA, Dr Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, gave the assurance in Abuja on Tuesday, at an event organised to commemorate the 2024 International Widows Day....
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is mobilising stakeholders to invest in children’s education and support them to grow and thrive. The Mandate Secretary, Women Affairs Secretariat, FCTA, Dr Adedayo Benjamins-Laniyi, stated this in Abuja on Friday, during an Inter-School Quiz Competition organised to commemorate the 2024 International...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N3,724,055,993.78 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of April, 2024. The amount represents a decrease of approximately 47 percent when compared to N6,316,621,045.37...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said the inauguration of commercial operations of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit system will now hold on May 29 and not May 27 as earlier announced. Director of Press, Office of the FCT Minister, Mr Anthony Ogunleye,...
The Department of Security Services, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has said the territory has recorded improved security within one year of President Bola Tinubu-led administration. The Director of the department, Adamu Gwary, a Fellow of Defence College, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of...
The Department of Development Control, FCT Administration (FCTA) has served 24-hour demolition notices to operators of illegal markets and shanties along Karmo – Dei-Dei Road corridor. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that over 500 illegal structures and shanties, sitting on the road corridor have been marked...
The Women Affairs Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the disbarment of the N10 million grants to 20 women farmers in the FCT. The grant is under the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Initiative’s (RHI) Women Agricultural Empowerment programme. Mandate Secretary of the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said the FCT Administration will deal squarely with land grabbers, no matter how highly- placed. Wike gave the warning when officials of the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), FCT Chapter, visited him in Abuja...
The Department of Development Control, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council of the FCT Administration, has demolished shanties illegally built on a road corridor in Wuse Zone 3. The Coordinator of the Council, Mr Felix Obuah, told journalists after the exercise in Abuja on Wednesday, that the move was part...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration has begun the procurement processes for drones to boost the security architecture of the territory. Wike disclosed this when the Consul-General of the Embassy of Hungary in Nigeria, Mr Endre Deri, visited him...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N6,316,621,045.37 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the month of March, 2024. The amount represent geometric increase of approximately 40 percent when compared to N3,938,092,102.92 billion...
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC), have appealed to the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, to make staff housing one of his projects. The workers made the appeal at the commencement of the JUAC Week in Abuja on Wednesday, with...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has warned the Coordinator of Satellite Towns Development Department (STDD), Mr Abdulkadir Zulkiflu, against negotiating with contractors. Wike, who gave the warning while inaugurating the coordinator in Abuja on Tuesday, advised him to view the appointment as...