The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, will on Thursday, September 18, 2025, flag off the construction of 12 new roads and the provision of solar streetlights in major areas across the Federal Capital City, under the Light Up Abuja programme.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Communication and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, made this known in a statement on Monday, where he noted the Minister will also commission two new roads in Dakibiyu and Mabushi Districts.
According to the statement, the flag-off and commissioning of projects had been scheduled to take place over the course of one month, from Thursday, the 18th of September, until Thursday, the 16th of October 2025.
Part of the statement reads “The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, will this week, Thursday, commence the flagging-off of construction of 12 new roads and provision of solar lights in some major areas in the Federal Capital City (FCC) and Expressways under the Light Up Abuja Programme.
“The Minister will also commission the access roads in Sector Centre B, by Dakibiyu District, and the newly constructed Roads ILS 11 (Esther Bali Street) and MAR 24 (Kez Udezue Street) in Mabushi District.”
Among the projects listed are the procurement of integrated (hybrid) solar lighting in the District of Abuja City and Expressway under the Light Up Abuja Programme Lot 1: Maitama, Asokoro, Wuse, Central Business District (CBD) Airport Expressway, Lot II: Katampe, Garki I and II, Mabushi, Gudu, Jabi and Katampe Extension.
Others are the full scope development of Arterial Road N1 from Wuye District to Ring Road II; construction of Northern Parkway from Ring Road II to Ring Road III; provision of access road to Bus Terminal at Mabushi District Cadastral Zone B06; Phase II of FCC, full scope development of Arterial N20 (Solomon Lar Way) from Arterial Road N5 (Obafemi Awolowo Way) to the Airport Expressway, provision of access road to the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates project site within Cadastral Zone D06, Karsana West District of the FCC and provision of access road bypassing Airport Second Runway from Bill Clinton Drive to Tunga Madaki Settlement with a four span bridge.
“Also to be flagged-off are: construction of access road to the FCT Fire Service Station and Erosion Control in Kaura District with three span Bridges, construction of transit way (2) to connect Central Area with Wuse District with two bridges, design and construction of Mohammed Isa Road Extension in Cadastral Zone A04, Asokoro District, rehabilitation of 15km old Keffi Road from Kado Village to Dei-Dei Junction, and provision of engineering infrastructure to outstanding layouts within Guzape A09 Lots I and II projects areas AIT Neighbourhood Asokoro A04 District.
“Others are the construction of Collector Road CN2 (Emmanuel I. Ogala Street) from Arterial N16 (Yemi Osinbajo way) to N20 (Wole Soyinka way) including road ILS 5 within Katampe District, as well as design and construction of Residences for the Heads of Courts (President Court of Appeal, Federal High Court Chief Judge, Chief Judge of the FCT, Abuja and President Industrial Court),” the statement added.
Recall that in the past six weeks, the Minister had flagged off the construction and expansion of water supply to the satellite towns of Bwari in Lot 1 and Karu and its environs in the Abuja Municipal Area Council in Lot 2.
In the days that followed, Wike had also flagged off the construction of a multi-purpose sports centre in Kafe District, the Construction of a new Magistrate Court complex in Jabi District, and the emergency reconstruction of the Karu road from the Karu interchange to Customs Clinic junction in Karu site, in AMAC.
