The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced that the FCT Administration will celebrate the territory’s 50th anniversary alongside the third anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.
Wike disclosed this in Abuja while addressing staff of the FCT Administration on preparations for the golden jubilee of the nation’s capital.
He said a committee would soon be constituted to coordinate programmes for both the FCT’s 50th anniversary and the President’s third year in office. According to him, a special compendium to commemorate the golden jubilee will also be unveiled during the celebration, which is expected to hold in about three months’ time.
The minister expressed gratitude that the FCT attained the milestone during his tenure, noting that recent infrastructural developments in the territory were made possible by policy decisions of the Tinubu administration.
“Every time we say for years there was no infrastructure. Why would there be infrastructure when something was restraining you? But removing the FCT from the Treasury Single Account (TSA) allowed the administration to access funding from commercial banks,” Wike said.
“Today, everybody is saying there’s massive infrastructural development. If that had not been done, we would still be hanging around and saying nothing is going on. So, we must appreciate someone who laid the foundation for us to get to where we are.”
Wike also noted that beyond physical infrastructure, workers in the FCT Administration have benefited significantly, especially in terms of career progression to top civil service positions.
“Ministers have come and gone; presidents have come and gone, but no one made this possible except Tinubu,” he said.
“Today, every worker is happy that there is hope they can become a permanent secretary or even head of service. This is not easy to achieve, but somebody made it possible.”
