By NAN
Abuja, Nigeria – The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike is to be honoured with the ‘Nigeria Infrastructure Minister of the Year’ award by the original inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory over his huge contributions to the development of outer city districts and satellite towns in Abuja.
A statement on Sunday signed by Peter Samuel Aye, the Secretary General of the Karu Gbagyi Development Association (KAGBADA) said “FCT indigenes had never witnessed huge infrastructure developments all at once in outer city districts and satellite towns like that currently being undertaken under the administration of the current minister and President Bola Tinubu”, adding that Wike is to be conferred with the award on Saturday 13th December 2025 at a grand reception in his honour and that of other awardees at the Jummai Aduda Townhall in Karu District, Abuja. The event will also feature a public lecture on FCT 2026 elections to be delivered by Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Gambia, Amb. Ayuba Jacob Ngbako including a scholarship award for indigent people and Empowerment Scheme for Karu Chiefdom residents.
“We want to honour FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for the great infrastructure projects drawn to our community like the completed rehabilitation of the Nyanya-Karu-Jikwoyi-Karshi Highway which is currently easing traffic in Karu Chiefdom, completed Kugbo Bus Terminal, Kugbo International Market and award of contracts for the reconstruction of Karu township roads, including the contract for the Karu Water Supply Project (Lot 2) which is a major FCT Administration initiative launched in August 2025 to expand clean water access in Karu, Kurudu, Jikwoyi, and nearby communities, involving laying 194km of pipes to provide potable water to hundreds of thousands of residents to reduce water borne diseases, boost public health, and support development”, Aye said in the statement.
The people of Karu also commended the FCT Minister for the hand of fellowship extended to their political leader and Former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Philip Tanimu Aduda while also commending his appointment of their Son-in-Law, Architect Richard Dauda as Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).
“Through your efforts, our son-in-law, Engr. Richard Dauda has also been appointed as the current Executive Secretary of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA); and our elder brother and former lawmaker, Distinguished Senator Philip Aduda enjoys your goodwill and that of President Bola Tinubu’s administration”, the statement said.
The decision by Minister Wike to terminate the long-running Apo–Karshi road contract and reward it to a more competent construction firm to end years of delays and deliver relief to residents also got the Abuja indigenes excited while promising to constantly support the current FCT Administration.
The Karu Gbagyi Development Association (KAGBADA) however pleaded with Minister Wike to intervene over the non-appointment of any FCT indigene as a career or non-career ambassador saying that the people were already missing out on several federal appointments of recent including that of the appointments made into the board of the North Central Development Commission, NCDC. (www.nannews.ng)
