By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr Nyesom Wike has assured residents that provision of necessary infrastructure development for the good of the territory remains on course, saying that politics and development are two different things.
Wike stated this on Wednesday while carrying out inspection of some ongoing projects in Abuja.
The Minister clarified that politics has its own time, while visible development remains the only way to make sure that people are happy and testify that the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu is working.
According to him, ” Politics is different. You have to serve the people. Politics has its own time and the work will continue to go on. Politics is not going to affect it.
”If you say so,the area council election is coming up in those few weeks. I will not do that work. It doesn’t affect us. I mean, what’s important for us is to pay the support to the FCDA, the supervisor, from time to time to wake up and see by ourselves. So, politics will not affect the job of bringing development to the people, it remains the only way to make sure that people are happy. That’s the only way.
The inspection took the minister and his team to Institutional Research Road which links to Nile University,Body of benchers,EFCC and other institutions around the area which he discribed as a very important key road that would have a lot of traffic.
“The work done here is very encouraging. By the end of May, they would have handed over the project.
And it’s one of the projects we have earmarked for inauguration during Mr. President’s third year in office.
” We went to the Body of Benchers extension building. The work is well done. It’s almost 80 percent completed. What is left there is landscaping. And then, the major roads down to Tungan Madaki, not less than seven kilometers. You see the big conference hall now where we are. You have the main bridge which has about four span bridges. It’s quite encouraging that, of course, we’re opening up other areas.
”We came about this road when they were supposed to do the second roadway. And for payment of compensation, the crops and the villagers demanded that they would agree whether it is for them to also be linked up to the cities. And that’s what we’re doing here today, promise made, a promise fulfilled.
”So, we’re happy with what was said, and the contractors have also agreed that by the end of May, first week of June, second week of June, they would have also undergone this major, major road, ” the minister explained.
