The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) will focus on the development of basic infrastructure in the six Area Councils and the satellite towns in order to decongest the Abuja metropolis.
FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, who gave this assurance while receiving a visiting delegation from the Republic of Colombia, revealed that the capital city was designed for a population of 1 million but the nation’s capital is housing more than 6 million residents.
According to him, the sustained influx of people into the capital city has multiplier effects on the city’s infrastructure and services.
He said his administration would also assiduously work towards the maintenance of already existing infrastructure in the Federal Capital City to enable it play its role of being the unity city and a melting pot for all Nigerians.
“We are working towards maintaining the existing infrastructure, and then of course, gradually extending development outside the city into the six Area Councils where most of the population is,” he said.
The Minister used the occasion to call on the delegation to bring in their business community to invest in the FCT; stressing that Abuja is a haven for any genuine investor because of its high population, quality infrastructure and easy accessibility to the world, due to daily flights to Europe, Far East, Middle East and other major African countries.
Malam Bello further assured that the FCTA would provide an enabling environment for would be investors and its willingness to partner with them.
Responding, the Leader of the delegation and a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Colombia, Senator Edinson Delagado said that the main objective of the visit was to strengthen diplomatic relations between the two countries.
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