{"id":65647,"date":"2025-05-12T16:42:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=65647"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:42:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:42:35","slug":"new-city-gate-project-underway-after-first-ladys-nudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/12\/new-city-gate-project-underway-after-first-ladys-nudge\/","title":{"rendered":"New City Gate Project Underway After First Lady\u2019s Nudge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The iconic Abuja City Gate is set for a major redesign and reconstruction, thanks to a courteous suggestion from Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>FCT Minister Nyesom Wike made this known during a media briefing, revealing that the First Lady had approached him respectfully with the idea of giving the city\u2019s gateway a new look. Rather than making demands, she asked if a redesign was possible, leaving the decision to the minister\u2019s judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Moved by her humility and the national interest behind the request, Wike said he immediately directed construction giant Julius Berger to develop a new design and prepare for execution.<\/p>\n<p>Wike praised Senator Tinubu\u2019s character, describing her as a First Lady who never uses her office to pressure or interfere with governance, but rather one who consistently engages in matters that promote public good.<\/p>\n<p>He recounted moments that showcased her modesty, including a call she made about an electrical fault in the Presidential Villa while the President was away.<\/p>\n<p>Her only concern, he said, was ensuring things were fixed properly \u2014 not for comfort, but for continuity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have worked with several First Ladies at different levels, but Senator Tinubu stands out for her respectful and development-focused approach,\u201d Wike stated.<\/p>\n<p>The new City Gate project is expected to reflect modern design and national pride, marking yet another step in the transformation of Nigeria\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; The iconic Abuja City Gate is set for a major redesign and reconstruction, thanks to a courteous suggestion from Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. FCT Minister Nyesom Wike made this known during a media briefing, revealing that the First Lady had approached him respectfully with the idea of giving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":65648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65647","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65647"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65649,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65647\/revisions\/65649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}