FCT will experience more infrastructure turnaround in 2026 — Wike

Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said Abuja will experience more infrastructure turnaround, saying 2026 will be a different year.

Wike said residents should expect a massive infrastructural turnaround within the capital city in 2026, like it has never before.

He disclosed this during the flag off ceremony of the construction of Collector Road CN2, Emmanuel I. Ogala Street, from Arterial N16 (Yemi Osinbajo way) to N20 (Wole Soyinka way), including road ILS 5 within Katampe District, on Thursday.

Wike said, “Next year would be a different year altogether, you will see the massive infrastructure turn around of the FCT, something nobody has seen since the FCT was created 50 years ago. We will be 50 by February.”

The Minister also reiterated his earlier claims of sabotage of the Abuja Light Up project.

He said: “Let me also appeal to CGC, since they are one of the contractors involved in the lighting up of Abuja. I did say last time when we did the flag off, that one project that will have a lot of sabotage, one project that will have fights, is to light up Abuja. Two, three days ago, when Mr President was coming back from Lagos, from the airport, there was no light. I laughed. I called ES FCDA. I said, who is the contractor among CGC and CCECC that is involved in the airport road and the flyovers? He said, CCECC is directly involved.

“Then I called them and said, I already forewarned you that there will be a fight, but we are equal to the task. Once you are alive, there will be a fight. It’s only the dead that don’t fight. The living will always fight. People will come and fight you, and you will also fight back. So I thank God CCECC came to me and showed me what they are doing.

“So CGC, I also want to plead with you. Don’t relent. There will be so much sabotage, like moving of the posts and vandalism. Know that all those things are just to distract us and weaken us. But I can assure you, my team and I, are very determined. We are very, very determined. If there is one project we must achieve, this light up Abuja, we must achieve it.”