FCTA
15 Dec
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has inaugurated its first colposcopy center located at Wuse District General Hospital, aimed at combating cervical cancer. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, by Mrs Bola Ajao, Media Aide to the Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environmental Secretariat, Dr Dolapo Fasawe. According to Ajao,…
4 Dec
Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Administration has committed $1.05 billion, amounting to about N177 billion for infrastructural development in the education sector. Wike, represented by the Minister of State, FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, disclosed this at the 6th International Conference on Learning Cities, held in Jubail, Kingdom of…
29 Nov
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has intensified security measures for the festive season, arresting seven street beggars and cracking down on “one chance” robbery operators in Abuja.
25 Nov
The Federal Capital Territory Executive Council, has approved a contract for the procurement of agricultural inputs to promote dry season farming in the territory. Mr Lawan Geidam, Mandate Secretary, Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, disclosed this shortly after the 10th council meeting in Abuja on Monday. Geidam identified the inputs to be procured as 250…
6 Nov
The Federal Capital Territory Administration’s (FCTA) Special Ministerial Task Team, has demolished illegal settlements behind National Park and National Military Cemetery, along Airport Road, Abuja. The settlement, named Ruga, was demolished while hundreds of shanties, made from sacks, planks and scrap roofing sheets along the rail corridor were destroyed and set ablaze. The task team…
1 Nov
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has intensified crackdown on streetlight vandals across the capital city. Briefing journalists on Friday in Abuja, Chief Felix Obuah, the Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), said that 16 suspects have been detained within the last seven days. He added that five suspects were arrested with the support of…
27 Oct
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Sunday dismissed as untrue reports of a collapsed building in Abuja, where over 40 persons were reportedly trapped. It clarified that the building, located in the Sabon Lugbe area of the territory, was in the process of being demolished, which attracted over 500 scavengers to the site. The…
18 Oct
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has trained dispatch riders on safety measures to curb avoidable accidents
7 Oct
The Federal Capital Territory Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has suspended its three-week strike following the intervention of the FCTA Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike. The Union announced the suspension in a communiqué signed by its Chairman, Abdullahi Shafa, Secretary, Mrs Margaret Jetro, and Publicity Secretary, Ibukun Adekeye. In the communiqué, issued in…
5 Oct
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has issued a warning to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) for plots of land owned by high-profile individuals and corporations in Abuja if they fail to settle outstanding payments. In a notice released on Friday, the FCTA specifically targeted landowners in the Maitama district of Abuja,…
13 Sep
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has offered free medical screening, treatment, and other healthcare services to over 3000 residents of Buwari Area Council in the FCT under the Renewed Hope Medical Mission of the federal government. The administration also distributed fertilizers, gas cookers, sanitary wares, and antenatal kits to pregnant women. Speaking at the…
11 Sep
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have signed an MoU to improve access to affordable, safe, and nutritious food in the FCT. READ ALSO:FCTA disburses food production items to 9,170 farmers Nyesom Wike, FCT Minister, while signing the documents on Tuesday in Abuja, said…