{"id":63895,"date":"2025-04-07T05:11:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63895"},"modified":"2025-04-07T05:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T05:11:30","slug":"wike-unveils-another-solar-market-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/07\/wike-unveils-another-solar-market-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Unveils Another Solar Market in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Ade Iyamoye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Barely a day after opening Abuja\u2019s first solar-powered market, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has commissioned yet another energy-efficient marketplace, the Kugbo International Market.<\/p>\n<p>The sprawling facility, which is expected to attract around twenty thousand visitors daily, boasts over five thousand stalls, twenty warehouses, cold rooms, restaurants, banking halls, a clinic, and dedicated police and fire service stations.<\/p>\n<p>The first phase alone houses one thousand six hundred shops, positioning the market as a major commercial hub in the city.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the commissioning ceremony on Saturday, Wike expressed confidence that the Kugbo International Market will stimulate both local and national economic growth by promoting robust trade and commercial activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project is a testimony to our commitment to boosting commerce and creating opportunities for our people,\u201d the minister declared, highlighting the market&#8217;s potential to transform the economic landscape of the capital.<\/p>\n<p>Developed through a Public Private Partnership between Abuja Investments Company Limited and Mesotho Group Limited, under a Build Operate and Transfer arrangement, the market is designed to be self-sustaining, with solar power ensuring reliable energy supply and reduced operational costs for traders.<\/p>\n<p>Wike, who had only a day earlier inaugurated the Utako Farmers Market, emphasized the government\u2019s resolve to modernize the capital\u2019s commercial spaces and provide safe, sustainable environments for business to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Traders and visitors alike have lauded the project, noting its potential to improve livelihoods and expand market access for small businesses across the territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ade Iyamoye Barely a day after opening Abuja\u2019s first solar-powered market, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has commissioned yet another energy-efficient marketplace, the Kugbo International Market. The sprawling facility, which is expected to attract around twenty thousand visitors daily, boasts over five thousand stalls, twenty warehouses, cold rooms, restaurants, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63895"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63897,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63895\/revisions\/63897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}