Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says 120km roads across the six Area Councils of the capital will be completed and inaugurated before December.
Wike stated this in Abuja on Thursday, during the Ministerial Sectoral Update on the performance of Tinubu’s administration in the last one year.
He said, ‘As I speak to you today, before December this year, we are going to commission not less than 120 kilometres of road in the six Area Councils of the FCT.
Wike described the feat as simply taking governance to the doorsteps of the people, particularly those in rural areas.
He added that taking governance to the people was also a demonstration of good governance in line with the ‘Renewed Hope’ agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
‘People say government, what is government when people don’t have impact?
‘People only hear about the government on radio, people only hear about the government on television.
‘Now they are seeing the government and saying oh! You mean this is what governme
nt is all about?
‘The government can come to our areas, speak to us, ask us of our problems and the government tells us that we are going to this, and they are doing it?
‘That is what is called government,’ he said.
The minister said that the government goes beyond merely announcing the minister of FCT on radio when the people do not know him.
He said that to address such, he had visited all the area councils, sat with the community people, and asked them about their challenges for the government to address.
‘This is the first time a minister can go to the Area Councils and sit down with the people, talk to them, and let them know what the government is doing,’ he said.
Source: News Agency of Nigeria