The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Thursday that it would establish the FCT University of Technology to increase access to tertiary education and decongest the FCT College of Education Zuba, Abuja. The Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCTA, Dr Danlami Hayyo, disclosed this during the inauguration of...
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At a news conference shortly after he was sworn in, the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, promised to restore the Abuja Master Plan even if it takes demolishing all illegal buildings and structures. “It is not going to be business as usual. Those distorting...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has released the list of some of the 135 roads inaugurated for rehabilitation and resurfacing in Wuse, Garki, Gwarimpa and Maitama Districts. The Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike, who inaugurated Phase I of the projects on Monday, gave the contractors...
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), says the crushing of impounded commercial motorcycles popularly known as “Okada” was in line with the provisions of the law. Mrs Deborah Osho, the Head of Operations, DRTS made the clarification in an interview with the News...
The Joint Task Force Team of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday impounded and crushed no fewer than 400 commercial motorcycles for operating illegally in Abuja capital city. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the motorcycles were impounded at strategic spots the motorcyclists use as...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) said on Thursday, that it will conduct integrity tests on old buildings within the city to forestall building collapse. Director, Development Control, FCTA, Mr. Mukhtar Galadima, stated this in Abuja while addressing newsmen on buildings in Jabi that failed integrity tests and...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday met with building professionals, regulatory bodies and other stakeholders to address the problems of building collapse, undeveloped plots and abandoned structures. Addressing journalists after the meeting in Abuja, the Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, expressed FCTA’s...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration (FCTA) will pay N825.8 million as compensation for the construction of second runway for Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Wike stated this in Abuja on Tuesday, while briefing newsmen at the end...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday, demolished a multimillion naira duplex built on plot 226, in Wuse Zone 6, an unapproved land. Director, Department of Development Control, Mr Mukhtar Galadima, said the building was illegally developed against all warnings. Gidado said that his team...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has pledged that the FCT Administration will complete some ongoing projects in the territory over the coming months. The Minister made the pledge in Abuja on Thursday shortly after undertaking an inspection...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has promised to complete the construction of B6 and B12 roads, linking Constitution Avenue to City Gate, Abuja, in the next seven months. Wike, who gave the assurance after a tour of some abandoned projects in Abuja...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike, has solicited the support of workers in the FCT Administration (FCTA) to make Abuja a befitting capital city. Wike made the appeal in Abuja, while receiving handing over notes from Mr Adesola Olusade, Permanent Secretary, FCTA,...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday announced plans to demolish about 500 illegal houses and structures in Dutsen-Garki, Apo District, Abuja. The Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, Mr. Mukhtar Galadima, disclosed this after a meeting with the leaders of the community in Abuja. Galadima,...
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have commended ongoing efforts by the FCT Administration to rid the city of “one chance” operators. The residents gave the commendation in Abuja on Saturday, during the ongoing raid on one chance operators, illegal motor parks and motorists engaged...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will begin a supplementary polio immunisation campaign from July 29 to Aug. 11, to sustain the poliovirus-free status in the FCT and Nigeria. Mr Malan Haruna, acting Secretary of the Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA made this known while addressing...
Some traders from Abuja markets on Thursday, besieged the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Headquarters, Abuja, and demanded an end to the leadership crisis that has crippled the Abuja Markets Management Limited (AMML). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Alhaji Abubakar Faruk was sacked as the Managing...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it has demolished 5,000 illegal buildings on unapproved plots in Gishiri Village Extension, Katampe District of Abuja. Mr Samson Atureta, District Monitor, Katampe and Mabushi, Development Control Department, FCTA, stated this on Wednesday in Abuja during the ongoing demolition of unapproved buildings...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has begun the auditing of remittances of monies deducted from workers salaries from 2010 to 2022. The Permanent Secretary, FCTA, Mr Olusade Adesola, inaugurated the exercise on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the investigation would cover statutory and non-statutory deductions from the...
The Department of Development Control, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Monday, demolished a building erected on plot 661 B01, Gudu District, in Apo area of Abuja. The demolition team, led by Mr Chinedu Okoro, Officer-in-Charge of the District, explained during the exercise that the building was demolished...