Wike Flags Off Construction of Road to 3,000 Units Renewed Hope Estate

Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja

FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has flagged off the construction of road Infrastructure in Karsana district, where President Bola Tinubu launched the 3,000 units of Renewed Hope Agenda Estate last year.

 At the occasion yesterday, Wike said the FCT Administration embarked on the Karsana project in line with the President’s directive asking the FCT to provide road network to link up the new estate and other estates within the district.

He commended the contractors Lubricks for moving to site before they were mobilized, saying the action was a show of confidence in the FCT Administration that would not be taken for granted.

Wike elaborated: “I have told everybody who cares and whether you like it or not, what we cannot run away from is that, no city can be said to be a city without a good network of roads. That is basic, and what defines a city first, is the network of roads then you talk about other facilities.

“Of all these houses you are seeing here, without any network of roads, it makes no sense. If you want to bring in a hospital here without roads, it makes no sense. If you want to build schools here without roads, it makes no sense. So the first thing you must provide, as to attract even investors, is the road network, which is what we are doing. And before you know it, all of here would have been open”.

The minister assured the residents of Karsana district that he would ensure adequate provision of funding for the project to enable its inauguration in 2026 for the third year of anniversary of the President in office. He lauded the Executive Secretary, FCDA and his team for ensuring that the many  road network contracts that were ongoing were being completed and with the quality required.

“This is a promise made by the Renewed Hope Agenda under the leadership of His Excellency, The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It’s a promise made and it’s a promise kept,”  Wike said.