The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has inaugurated the resurfacing of 189 roads covering 57 kilometres, and remedial work on bridges in Maitama, Garki and Utako districts.
Wike said while inaugurating the projects in Abuja on Monday that the measure was part of a commitment to maintain and optimize public infrastructure in the FCT.
He said that the project was part of efforts to renew the hope of residents on good governance in line with the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu.
He urged residents to be patients with the inconveniencies the road resurfacing would cause, adding that no development without sacrifice.
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“You cannot talk about development without making sacrifices. There must be inconvenience. After that inconveniences you will benefit from it.
“Now we are making sacrifices for those things that were not done before.
“We are now willing to do it so there would be inconvenience for you and the inconvenience will not take a long time.
“So, make sacrifices for us, we are willing to do the work. Know that it is not intentional for people to suffer. It is for our own benefits,” he said.
Earlier, Mr Shehu Ahmad, Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority, said that the 187 roads would cover a total of 57 kilometres across the three districts.
Ahmad assured residents that the project would be delivered by May.
The Council Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council, Christipher Maikalangu, said that the roads in Maitama were weak due to long usage, adding that resurfacing was timely.
Maikalango called on the minister to address the problem of water supply being experienced in Maitama District to relieve the resident of the burden of digging boreholes.
The Chief of Garki, Sapayi of Garki, Alhaji Usman Nga Kupi, commended the minister for the efforts to transform the landscape of FCT, including improving the security situation in the territory.
