{"id":159913,"date":"2025-04-19T22:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:19:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T21:19:46","slug":"fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities","title":{"rendered":"FCTA expanding development beyond Abuja city to rural communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is intensifying efforts to close the infrastructure gap between Abuja\u2019s city centre and its rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made this known on Saturday during an inspection tour of ongoing road projects in Ketti and Takushara, two fast-growing satellite towns under the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC).<\/p>\n<p>The projects inspected include the 10.5-kilometre Kabusa\u2013Ketti Road, linking Kabusa, Pyakasa and Ketti districts, and the 9.8-kilometre Kabusa\u2013Takushara Road, connecting Kabusa, Takushara and Wasa districts.<\/p>\n<p>The minister explained that the initiative reflects President Bola Tinubu\u2019s directive for inclusive development across the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr President has always emphasized that development must not be limited to the city centre but extended to satellite towns,\u201d Wike stated.<\/p>\n<p>He said both projects, which are critical links between the satellite communities and Abuja city, are expected to be completed and inaugurated in May, coinciding with President Tinubu\u2019s second year anniversary in office.<\/p>\n<p>Wike commended AMAC Chairman, Mr. Christopher Maikalangu, for highlighting the importance of the roads, leading to the administration\u2019s intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf not for him, we wouldn\u2019t have focused our attention on these areas. You can see how happy the residents of Ketti are,\u201d Wike noted.<\/p>\n<p>Highlighting the significance of rural roads, Wike stressed that improved connectivity will make suburban living more viable, decongest the city centre, and boost property development in surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom here to the city is just about 10 minutes. That\u2019s the power of road networks \u2014 they open up communities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to roads, Wike announced broader plans to uplift rural areas, revealing that construction of new schools in Ketti and Takushara has already been approved, pending the passage of the 2025 FCT Statutory Budget.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the administration\u2019s focus will remain on public infrastructure that benefits wider communities rather than private estates.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking ahead of the Easter celebration, Wike urged residents to embrace forgiveness, love, and unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians must work together for the collective good, and the FCT Administration will remain committed to delivering on its promises,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is intensifying efforts to close the infrastructure gap between Abuja\u2019s city centre and its rural communities. Wike made this known on Saturday during an inspection tour of ongoing road projects in Ketti and Takushara, two fast-growing satellite towns under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":159912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[16936,254,4014,16939],"class_list":["post-159913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-minister-of-the-federal-capital-territory-fct","tag-nigeria","tag-nyesom-wike","tag-rural-communities"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FCTA expanding development beyond Abuja city to rural communities - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is intensifying efforts to clo ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCTA expanding development beyond Abuja city to rural communities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration is intensifying efforts to clo ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-19T21:24:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-22T21:19:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745089328.34309.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FCTA expanding development beyond Abuja city to rural communities\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-19T21:24:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-22T21:19:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities\"},\"wordCount\":368,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745089328.34309.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)\",\"Nigeria\",\"Nyesom wike\",\"rural communities\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/fcta-expanding-development-beyond-abuja-city-to-rural-communities\",\"name\":\"FCTA expanding development beyond Abuja city to rural communities - 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