PRESIDENT TINUBU: ABUJA’S TRANSFORMATION MIRROR’S NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT, COMMISSIONS NEWLY CONSTRUCTED COLLECTOR ROAD C01, BRIDGE IN FCT, SAYS IT’S A PROMISE KEPT

The President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said the infrastructure development in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) serves as a blueprint for the transformation his administration is bringing to the rest of Nigeria.

He particularly noted that the administration is replicating Abuja’s modernization, including roads, bridges, and other infrastructural development across the nation to ensure equitable development.

Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja when he commissioned the newly constructed Collector Road C01, complete with its bridge, within the Institution and Research District, the President described infrastructure as the greatest enabler of economic prosperity.

“When you build roads, you open up districts. When you open up districts, you invite investment. And when investment comes, Nigeria grows,” the Nigerian leader, who spoke through his deputy, Vice President Kashim Shettima, said.

Maintaining that the modernisation of the nation’s capital is a sample of the kind of transformation his administration is bringing to the entire country, the President vowed that the administration will stop at nothing in its development drive, just as he pledged to keep investing in cities, satellite towns, and rural communities “because every Nigerian deserves the dividends of good governance.

“The transformation of Abuja is a microcosm of the transformation we are bringing to the entire Federal Republic of Nigeria,” he declared, recalling that when he came into office, he made a solemn pledge to the Nigerian people that he won’t allow governance to become a series of abandoned dreams and half-hearted efforts.

The Nigerian leader said the newly constructed Collector Road C01, with its bridge, has already generated hundreds of direct and indirect jobs for the youth during construction, observing that it “is the macroeconomy at work at the grassroots level.

“We promised Renewed Hope. And today, as we stand on this newly constructed Collector Road C01, complete with its bridge, we are not just looking at the physical road; we are looking at a promise kept,” he stated.

President Tinubu recalled that when the Body of Benchers cried out to his administration during the Nigeria Law School Call to Bar ceremony last year for relief from traffic gridlock and lack of access, he listened and called the FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, to action.

“I told him, “Look, we cannot have the legal luminaries of our nation navigating potholes to train our future advocates. We cannot have students arriving late to lectures because of a lack of a simple bridge”. We did not just talk about it. We approved it under emergency procurement. And today, just months later, here we are,” he said

The President said moving between these institutions was a daily headache for students, lecturers, and residents alike, just a he expressed delight that the administration has restored ease of movement.

“We have enhanced safety. But beyond that, we are creating an environment where academia and professional institutions can thrive without the baggage of structural neglect,” he maintained.

He commended the FCT Minister, saying he has proven once again that when he is given a job, he does not sleep until it is done.

Earlier, the Minister of FCT, Wike, thanked the President and Vice President for gracing Day 21 of the project commissioning exercise across the nation’s capital.

He assured residents that the Tinubu administration remains committed to ensuring that every district in the FCT receives the attention of the current government.

He also seized the opportunity to appreciate President Tinubu for the resources made available to the FCT and for removing the FCTA from the Treasury Single Account (TSA).

For her part, Minister of State for FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, on behalf of the management team and residents of the FCT, expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for his unwavering and massive support for the current leadership of the territory which, according to her, has culminated in the unprecedented execution of projects across the FCT.

She assured the President of the support and cooperation of residents of the territory in the protection and maintenance of facilities provided by government as well as in the sustenance of people-oriented programmes and policies.

In his remarks, Acting Executive Secretary of FCDA, Engr Richard Yunana Dauda, said the road is critical to the development of the area allocated for research and educational institutions in the capital territory, in line with the master plan of the FCT.

He said the project which consists of a link bridge, underground drainage system, and solar street lights, among other facilities, will provide a critical link and alternative route to research and related institutions in the area as well as surrounding communities.

Stanley Nkwocha
Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media & Communications
(Office of The Vice President)
8th July, 2026