By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Friday declared that President Bola Tinubu’s extensive infrastructure delivery in Abuja has effectively silenced political critics, insisting that visible performance remains the strongest response to opposition.
Speaking during the commissioning of the reconstructed Arab/Gbazango Road in Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, Wike said the scale of projects executed under the Tinubu administration had transformed governance in the territory and provided residents with tangible evidence of government performance.
“If there are opponents of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, with what you have done in their lifetime, they cannot do anything again. If they go to the people of Gbazango, the people will ask them, ‘When you were there, what did you do?’ This is what we call ‘operation show your report card.’ If you call Tinubu today, he will show you his report card on the satellite towns and on the city. Abuja is shut down. Abuja is closed,” Wike declared.
The minister revealed that since President Tinubu assumed office in May 2023, the administration had awarded a total of 317 kilometres of roads within the FCT satellite towns alone. Of this figure, he said 221 kilometres have been fully completed, while 96 kilometres are ongoing, adding that this is separate from major infrastructure projects executed within the city centre by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), which saw 53 major projects officially commissioned during the period.
