Anniversary: Tinubu okays June 10 for commissioning of ICC, 16 other FCT projects

Stories by Stanley Onyekwere

President Bola Tinubu has finally approved the commissioning of 17 projects to start on the 10th of June, after the Salla holiday, in furtherance with the activities marking his second anniversary in office, the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike has said.

Wike disclosed that Tinubu will start the projects commissioning  with the rehabilitated multi-billion Naira International Conference Centre (ICC),  while others will follow.

Speaking after inspecting some of the projects yesterday, the Minister assured that officials  of the FCT Administration are good to go with the programme.

“So, we are set to go. And the President will on his own, commission 10 projects on his own. The Vice President will represent the President and commission three projects. The Senate President will also represent the President and commission two projects.

“And the Speaker of the House of Representatives will also represent the President and commission two projects on the whole. So, 17 projects, because of time and space. Maybe, in other words, we, on our own now, can do the commissioning.

“We want to thank the President. It is not easy for him to give us 10 good days, 10 good days, where he will be around to commission the projects. The Vice President takes three good days, the Senate President takes two good days, and the Speaker takes two good days.

So, we are happy. We are very happy that the people of Abuja are happy. You can see the joy of the children, and they are all feeling the impact of the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“With the kind of support we have from Mr. President, we are very happy that Mr. President has given an opportunity for us to also contribute to the vision of the Renewed  Hope Agenda.

We are very happy that all the promises we made, we have been able to accomplish them. Look at the reaction from people. That tells you if the people are happy, we are also happy”, he stated.

 Yes, it’s a pending drafting, but the legislature has already made sure that all requests in terms of budget has been approved without any delay. So that’s why they also have to see what we are talking about, that when we present budget, we mean it.

We are not presenting budget for budget sake. We are presenting budget that at the end of the day, they know that we are going to implement the budget as approved by them. What we have seen at Gishiri will be under

On maintenance of ICC complex after commissioning, the Minister said: “I will directly supervise it. We will have an agreement with Julius Berger for the maintenance of the place, and we will pay them. So this time around, it’s not going to be as you hand it over to politicians, and they do whatever they want to do.”