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Power shortage: FCTA Pays AEDC 900m debt

Ihesiulo Grace 2 February 2018 0

In an attempt to end perrenial power shortage in and around the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the authority says it’s has settled Abuja Electricity Development Company with the sum of over N900million as payment for electricity bills as part of its efforts to sustain and illuminate

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FCTA bemoans reports of poor infrastructure in Utako village

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that reports that there are no basic infrastructure in the Utako Village area of the FCT are misleading as the village is actually benefitting from essential services provided in Utako District. The FCT Director of Engineering Services, Engr. Shehu Ahmad Hadi, who was responding to reports in […]

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FCTA partners NDLEA, Security agencies on war against drug abuse

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has lamented the growing incidence of drug abuse in the territory. To stem the upsurge, the minister has moved to rally FCT security agencies to combat the scourge. The FCT Minister gave this indication during a meeting with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the […]

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FCTA promises to modernise rural markets

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and various disaster management agencies are looking for a lasting solution to curb yearly fire disasters that claim lives and material resources across the local markets of the six area councils of the FCT. The administration said that its leadership will muster recourses to ensure that standard infrastructure are […]

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Utako market impasse: Parties urged to return to negotiation table

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Permanent Secretary, Sir Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa, has urged Utako market traders and shop owners to return to the negotiation table they earlier walked out from and continue on the path of peace in finding lasting solution to the disputed market upgrading exercise, which has pitched the two parties against each […]

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FCTA partners NDLEA, Security agencies on war against drug abuse

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, has lamented the growing incidence of drug abuse in the territory. To stem the upsurge, the minister has moved to rally FCT security agencies to combat the scourge. The FCT Minister gave this indication during a meeting with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the […]

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Security alert: FCTA assures residents of safety

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has reassured residents as well as the international community of adequate security before, during and after the Christmas and New Year celebration. This reassurance and commitment arose in response to Diplomatic mission security concerns about safety in FCT during the yuletide. The FCT Security Committee headed by the

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FCTA partners NDLEA, security agencies on war against drug abuse

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has lamented the growing incidence of drug abuse in the Territory. To this effect he has moved to rally FCT Security agencies to combat the scourge. The FCT Minister gave this indication in a meeting with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug […]

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FCTA commended for effective healthcare services

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has been commended for improving the quality of healthcare services rendered to residents of the city and those from neighbouring states who on daily basis troop into the Abuja for treatment. The commendation was contained in a letter written to the FCT minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, by members […]

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Multiple taxation, challenge to business owners in FCT- ACCI

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says multiple taxation by the management of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is a major challenge for business owners in the territory. Mr. Tony Ejinkeoye, president, ACCI said this on Thursday in Abuja while delivering a lecture at the second Annual Lecture of Just Friends Club […]

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Fire incidents: FCTA promises to modernise rural markets

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2017 0

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and various disaster management agencies are looking for a lasting solution to curb yearly fire disasters that claim lives and material resources across the local markets of the six area councils of the FCT. The administration said that its leadership will muster recourses to ensure that standard infrastructure are […]

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Stakeholders urge FCTA to include media in developmental programmes

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

Experts and stakeholders in urban planning have called on the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to include the media in the efforts to review the long overdue FCT master plan. The call was made during a media empowerment seminar organised by the FCT Administration towards equipping media practitioners with the topic “The role of the […]

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Kuje residents laud FCTA over road sweeping

Ihesiulo Grace 15 November 2017 0

Residents of the Kuje Area Council of the FCT have commended the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), over daily sweeping of the major roads in the council. A cross section of residents who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Kuje, called for the extension of the exercise to other areas […]

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ICT: FCTA Transport secretary urges MDAs, agencies to empower staff

Ihesiulo Grace 8 November 2017 0

Secretary of the FCT Transportation Secretariat, Comrade Kayode Opeifa, has called on Federal Government ministries and agencies to increase maximum productivity by empowering the staff on Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool to move with globalisation trend. Comrade Kayode, who was represented in the occasion by Engineer Wilson Unogwu made the call Monday

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Coming on stream of FCT IRS will boost FCTA’s revenue profile -Bello

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

The FCT Minister, Mallam. Muhammad Musa Bello, has announced the final confirmation of the Chairman/Chief Executive of Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service -FCT IRS, Malam Abdullahi Oteh Attah, by the House of Representatives. This brings to a close the process of ratification by the two chambers of the national legislature and paves the way […]

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Abuja-Karshi road decongestion: FCTA commences removal of illegal structures

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

Five months after the ministerial task force on the decongestion of the Abuja-Nyanya-Jikwoyi-Karshi road was inaugurated, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has finally commenced the long-expected removal of all illegal structures along the route to pave way free flow of traffic in the area. The Abuja-Nyanya-Jikwoyi-Karshi decongestion taskforce last

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Casualization: MTN, FCTA agrees to end menace as NLC pickets offices in ABUJA

Ihesiulo Grace 6 October 2017 0

In order to escape the wrath of Nigeria labour congress, agencies under the Federal Capital Territory administration together with the mobile Telecommunication of Nigeria MTN, has vowed to end the menace of casualization of Nigeria workers forthwith. Both managements made the promise Friday during a clamp down by the Nigerian labour congress in reaction to […]