{"id":68691,"date":"2025-06-21T14:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68691"},"modified":"2025-06-21T14:12:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:12:01","slug":"no-one-will-be-left-out-in-abuja-compensation-plan-wike-assures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/21\/no-one-will-be-left-out-in-abuja-compensation-plan-wike-assures\/","title":{"rendered":"No One Will Be Left Out in Abuja Compensation Plan, Wike Assures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has assured residents of Life Camp that no affected person will be excluded from compensation as work progresses on Phase 2 of the Obafemi Awolowo Road project, also known as Arterial Road N5.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the inauguration of Phase 3 of the road, performed on behalf of President Bola Tinubu by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume, Wike emphasized the administration\u2019s inclusive approach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you are labeled indigene or not, compensation must be paid,\u201d he said, citing this commitment as key to resolving earlier challenges.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for backing the FCT\u2019s infrastructural push, noting that Phase 2 of the project, which connects to the airport, will be completed before year-end.<\/p>\n<p>Akume hailed the project as a significant step toward easing traffic across Dape, Gwarimpa 1, Kado, Karsana, Idu, and Mbora, enhancing connectivity from Life Camp Junction to Ring Road 3.<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, Wike inaugurated a relocation committee to finally move Apo Mechanics traders to Wassa District; a promise unfulfilled since 2011.<\/p>\n<p>He announced that both the FCTA and traders will visit the site on June 27 to assess infrastructure needs and begin preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Wike urged the traders to remain united and promised the relocation would be handled with fairness and urgency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola &nbsp; FCT Minister Nyesom Wike has assured residents of Life Camp that no affected person will be excluded from compensation as work progresses on Phase 2 of the Obafemi Awolowo Road project, also known as Arterial Road N5. Speaking during the inauguration of Phase 3 of the road, performed on behalf of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68691","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68691"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68697,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68691\/revisions\/68697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}