{"id":65531,"date":"2025-05-10T02:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T02:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65531"},"modified":"2025-05-11T05:13:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T05:13:49","slug":"tinubu-to-unveil-revamped-abuja-conference-centre-may-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/10\/tinubu-to-unveil-revamped-abuja-conference-centre-may-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu to Unveil Abuja Conference Centre May 29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The newly renovated Abuja International Conference Centre will be the first project President Bola Tinubu commissions to mark his second year in office, according to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an inspection of the facility on Friday, Wike hailed the transformation of the once dilapidated centre into a world class venue, crediting President Tinubu\u2019s directive and leadership for the upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1991, the conference centre had suffered years of neglect until Tinubu ordered its rehabilitation, Wike said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unbelievable that such a key national asset was left to decay for so long. No serious leader would tolerate that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Julius Berger, the construction firm handling the facelift, for adhering to quality standards and sticking to schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Wike also toured the ongoing extension of Obafemi Awolowo Way from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road Three, also being executed by Julius Berger.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed confidence that the project would be among those inaugurated during the May 29 anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>According to the minister, both projects reflect the Renewed Hope agenda of the current administration and showcase its commitment to impactful infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The newly renovated Abuja International Conference Centre will be the first project President Bola Tinubu commissions to mark his second year in office, according to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Speaking during an inspection of the facility on Friday, Wike hailed the transformation of the once dilapidated centre [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":65532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-65531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65531","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=65531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65565,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65531\/revisions\/65565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}