As the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) marks 50 years since its creation, its Minister, Nyesom Wike, has attributed the recent surge in infrastructure development across Abuja and its satellite towns to the decisive interventions and support of President Bola Tinubu.
 
He described the period since August 2023 as the most impactful in the territory’s five-decade history.
 
Speaking during an inspection visit and commemorative engagement to mark the golden jubilee of the FCT and the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Wike stated that the current administration had succeeded in breaking long-standing structural and financial bottlenecks that constrained growth in the area for decades.
 
He announced that a high-level committee would soon be inaugurated to plan a proper commemoration of the 50th anniversary, which would align with Tinubu’s third year in office.

The minister stressed that the jubilee must not detract from the President’s anniversary celebrations, but rather complement them.
 
The Rivers ex-governor used the occasion to clarify what he described as a persistent public misunderstanding about the relationship between the FCT Administration (FCTA) and the FCDA.
 
According to him, the FCDA is not an agency outside or parallel to the FCTA, but a creation of the FCT itself, established specifically to plan and develop the territory.
 
Wike explained that this was the reason the FCT Minister is statutorily Chairman of the FCDA Board, ensuring coordination and preventing institutional conflict.