{"id":69165,"date":"2025-06-26T22:24:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T22:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69165"},"modified":"2025-06-26T22:24:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T22:24:39","slug":"bola-tinubu-international-conference-centre-fully-booked-until-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/26\/bola-tinubu-international-conference-centre-fully-booked-until-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Bola Tinubu International Conference Centre Fully Booked Until 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that the newly renovated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja is fully booked for events until 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Wike made the revelation on Thursday during the commissioning of the Kugbo Bus Terminal, noting that the N39 billion upgraded facility has quickly become one of the most sought-after venues in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said the growing demand contradicts the criticism that followed its unveiling earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly known as the International Conference Centre, the venue was renamed after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and officially commissioned on June 10, 2025, as part of activities marking Tinubu\u2019s second year in office.<\/p>\n<p>Despite public backlash over the cost and timing of the project, Wike maintained that the facility has proven to be a success.<\/p>\n<p>He cited a recent request from the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to use the centre for the ongoing Constitutional Amendment retreat but said all dates were already taken.<\/p>\n<p>He added that adjustments could only be made if the required fees were paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, Nigerians love good things but often pretend otherwise,\u201d Wike said. \u201cThat Conference Centre is already booked up until 2027. There\u2019s not a single day free. I saw a request from the Deputy Speaker, but there\u2019s simply no space. We may adjust if he pays early enough. Nothing is free, not even for the National Assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wike\u2019s remarks highlight the facility\u2019s rising popularity and the administration\u2019s emphasis on self-sustaining public infrastructure despite political controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal &nbsp; The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has disclosed that the newly renovated Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja is fully booked for events until 2027. Wike made the revelation on Thursday during the commissioning of the Kugbo Bus Terminal, noting that the N39 billion upgraded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":69166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69165","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\/69165","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=69165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69167,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69165\/revisions\/69167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}