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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as part of events marking the first anniversary of his Administration flagged off the commencement of commercial operations of the Abuja Light Rail.
The President commended the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike for his tremendous efforts in developing the FCT and announced the commencement of free train rides till the end of the year.

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday, 28th May 2024 commissioned the Southern Parkway in Abuja which has now been renamed the "Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way" by the Hon, Minister of the FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike.

The President commended Barrister Wike for providing exemplary leadership as the Minister. the FCT saying that his revolutionary changes made in the FCT both in structure and administration are yielding positive results and elevating the lives of many Nigerians.

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FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike on Tuesday, 21st May 2024 received the Rwandan High Commissioner to Nigeria HE Christophe Bazivamo and the Swedish Ambassador to Nigeria HE Annika Hahn-Englund. Both diplomats commended the Minister for his efforts at improving the infrastructural development and security situation of the FCT.
The Minister on his part pledged the commitment of the Administration for the wellbeing of the diplomats and embassies in the FCT.

He also expressed the desire for cooperation in economic development activities.

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FCT Minister Barrister Nyesom Wike on Monday 20th May inspected facilities of the Abuja Rail Mass Transit System (known as the Abuja Light Rail) in preparation for the flag off of the commencement of commercial activities on the 27th of May by President Bola Tinubu.

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FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike, on Friday, 17th May 2024 inspected projects across Abuja scheduled to be commissioned as a part of the first year anniversary celebration of the federal government.
The sites visited included the Vice President's residence, and the B6-B12 road amongst others The Minister expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work..

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FCT Minister, Chief (Barrister) Ezenwo Nyesom Wike played host to a delegation from the Consulate General of Hungary, led by the Consul General, Mr. Endre P. Deri in his office on Thursday, 2nd May, 2024,
The Minister welcomed Hungary's interest for partnership with the FCT in the area of security and Agriculture and expressed FCTA's willingness to go into such partnership

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The Honourable Minister of the FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike on Saturday, 27th April 2024 visited ongoing project sites in the city to ascertain the progress of the projects.
The projects visited by the Minister included the Construction of the Southern Parkway from the Christian Centre to Ring Road 1, Full scope development of the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) from Villa Roundabout to Ring Road 1 and the Construction of the Vice President’s official residence.
Others are the Completion of B6 and B12 Circle Road, also known as Independence and Constitution Avenue and the full scope development of the Arterial Road, N20 from Northern Parkway (Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Expressway) to Outer Northern Expressway (Murtala Mohammed Expressway).



The Minister who recalled that the FCT Administration made a promise to residents of the FCT to complete the ongoing road projects by May this year to showcase the achievements of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in one year in office, said the projects were on course to being completed within schedule.



The Minister said that the projects were about 98 percent completed and commended the contractors for keeping their promise to deliver them on schedule.

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FCT Minister, Chief (Barrister) Nyesom Wike played host to the Ivorian Ambassador to Nigeria, HE Kalilou Traore in his office on Wednesday, 24th April 2024.
The Minister called for enhanced cooperation among African countries and commended the Ivorian Embassy for its decision to develop its plot in Abuja

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FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike on Saturday, 13th of April, 2024 continued his inspection of ongoing projects in the FCT with a visit to the official residence of the Vice President under construction by Messrs Julius Berger Nig Plc.

The Minister expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work on the site and said that reiterated that the project will be completed in time for its scheduled commissioning in May

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