FCT: 70 percent of projects I completed were awarded 16 years ago – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that projects completed by the FCT Administration nether his enactment were awarded 15 to 16 years ago.

Wike explained that the FCTA nether his enactment took up these task successful enactment with President Bola Tinubu’s mandate that nary task indispensable beryllium abandoned.

He spoke during his monthly media chat connected the authorities of the federation successful Abuja on Thursday.

According to Wike: “The president said we can’t wantonness aged projects and portion we can’t wantonness aged projects we indispensable besides spot that we transportation retired caller projects.

“I tin archer you that 60 percent of the projects we person done for the past 3 years were projects that were awarded 15 to 16 years agone but abandoned.

“And if we had allowed that you volition present cognize what would person happened successful Abuja.

“Even if we bash immoderate caller thing, you volition accidental look astatine these areas that person been abandoned. So what we did archetypal was to marque definite that projects that were awarded and abandoned, fto america spot however to decorativeness them, which we person done, not little than 70 percent...