Wike Promises To Rehabilitate Area Council Roads

Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA has promised to pay priority attention to the rehabilitation of some dilapidated roads across the six area councils.

Minister of the FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike who made the promise during a town hall meeting in Kwali, Abuja, charged Area Council Chairmen to strengthen the local vigilance teams in their domains by meeting their needs.

Wike directed the Area Council Chairmen to recommend two more roads in addition to the ones recommended to the FCT Administration for reconstruction.

He assured the people of Kwali that President Bola Tinubu would not abandon them.

According to him, every year before submitting any budget proposal to the National Assembly, he would meet with traditional rulers for suggestions for people-oriented projects they want to be incorporated into the budget.

“We will not abandon you. We will make sure we develop the Area Councils. Before the end of the tenure of President Tinubu, you will see a lot of infrastructure going on in the Area Councils.

“Every year before we submit our budget to the NASS, we will come to you the traditional rulers and the people to ask you what your infrastructure needs are so that we can include them in the budget. We won’t abandon any project. If we don’t have the money we won’t embark on any project,” Wike noted.

Speaking on the need to intensify vigilance, Wike said his administration has almost concluded procurement processes for operational vehicles for security agencies and more motorcycles for Area Councils vigilante teams.

He assured that the Government of President Tinubu is ever ready to provide anything that will improve security and fast track development.

His words:
“For me, whatever that is going to bring development or improve security, government has no hesitation…….the President has said i must go and see all the councils, talk to them and tackle insecurity headlong.I can assure you that in a matter of days you will be hearing positive stories”.

” We are ready to support our security agencies in whatever they need to ensure that our people can sleep with their two eyes closed. We have almost concluded the procurement of vehicles for security agencies. We are going to provide the councils with motorcycles to support the vigilance teams so that they can get information and assist the security agencies”.

“Our youths, we have directed the council chairmen to ensure that the vigilance teams are well taken care of. We need information from you because without information, the security agencies would have little or nothing to do. If you give them information on time, they will make sure that bad things don’t happen”.

Earlier, the Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Mr Danladi Chiya sought the intervention of the FCT Minister in establishing police division in Gwako, a Military presence base in Kwali, motorcycles for the vigilante team, review of one of the abandoned road contracts, and the need to revive the Kwali Stadium currently being used by bad boys as hideouts.

He said; ” our stadium in Kwali, the bad boys have turned it into a hideout. There is little we could do on the stadium because it is an FCDA project.

“There are bad roads that the bad guys also use to abduct people. The roads are not motorable. Come to our aid to help put the roads in good shape. That will help reduce the incidences of kidnapping.

“We also require further military presence. We have vast land. We need more police stations especially in Gwako which has become a haven for these bad elements.

“We will write to your office because there is another road that has been abandoned by the contractors. Wherever they discover that the roads are not good, they use such spots as hideouts, Chiya noted.

By Remi Johnson, Edited By Grace Namiji