FCTA To Construct New INEC Headquarters In Abuja

Federal Capital Territory Administration has announced plans to construct a new headquarters for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which will be situated in the Maitama district of Abuja.

Gatekeepers News reports that according to Lere Olayinka, senior special assistant on Public Communications to FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will flag off the construction of the new INEC headquarters next week.

Earlier in May, Wike said Tinubu would inaugurate completed projects and flag off the construction of new ones in FCT to mark his second anniversary in office.

The projects being executed by FCTA include the newly renovated Abuja International Conference Centre (AICC), bus terminals in Kugbo and Mabushi, and the Apo-Wassa Road.

Other projects are the N16 interchange and roads connecting Maitama through Katampe to Jahi; the inner northern expressway from Ring Road 3 (Idu to Kubwa road), CN8 from N5 (Obafemi Awolowo Way) to the court of appeal, the N20 flyover on onnex Kubwa road; and the Life Camp junction to Ring Road III.

The rest are Kabusa-Takushara Access road, Kabusa-Ketti Access Road, an access road in Giri District, a 15km road from A2 Junction Abuja-Lokoja Road to Pai in Kwali Area Council, and roads in Ushafa, War College, and the army checkpoint in Bwari area council.