Abuja safe, secure – Wike assures FCT residents

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has declared that the capital city is safe and secured.

Wike said there is improved security in the capital city when compared to past administration.

Speaking while inspecting ongoing work on the Wuye District Infrastructure and the Federal Highway 105 from the Umar Musa Yar’Adua Expressway to Kuje township on Saturday, the Minister said isolated security issues recorded did not define Abuja’s safety.

He said: “If there is one safe city in this country, I think Abuja is that city.

“The problem we have here is that when one incident happens, we forget that three months ago, nothing happened.

“You should give us and the security agencies credit that we are doing quite a lot to make Abuja safe, and Abuja has been safe.

“We do agree that something may happen but that does not mean that Abuja is not safe. I don’t want us to take that to mean that the city is not safe. If there is one safe city in this country, I think Abuja is that city.”

The Minister also assured of sanitation within Abuja, with the FCT Administration actively removing indiscriminately dumped refuse.

Wike said FCTA has started removing refuse dump along Airport Road and in the Nyanya/Karshi area.

He revealed plans to award new contracts for refuse disposal within the next two weeks, promising to select only competent contractors with the capacity to ensure that the city remains clean.

“We believe that in the next two weeks, the contract will be formally awarded for refuse disposal. That, I can tell you, will help us quite a lot,” he said.