{"id":72232,"date":"2025-08-06T06:17:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72232"},"modified":"2025-08-06T06:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T06:17:46","slug":"wike-seeks-assembly-nod-for-special-fct-development-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/wike-seeks-assembly-nod-for-special-fct-development-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Seeks Assembly Nod for Special FCT Development Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has sought National Assembly approval to access the Natural Resources Development Fund (NRDF), to complete key projects across Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>During a meeting with the RMAFC Chairman, Wike said the FCT should benefit from the NRDF, which receives 1.68% of national revenue, like other states.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the fund would be used for agriculture, solid minerals, tourism, and infrastructure in line with the federal government\u2019s diversification agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not asking for anything outside the law. The FCT deserves its fair share to fast-track development,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Wike noted the fund would help complete stalled projects, enhance service delivery, and boost the city\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the move aligns with President Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is now before the National Assembly for approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has sought National Assembly approval to access the Natural Resources Development Fund (NRDF), to complete key projects across Abuja. During a meeting with the RMAFC Chairman, Wike said the FCT should benefit from the NRDF, which receives 1.68% of national revenue, like other states. He explained that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":72233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72232","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\/72232","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=72232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72234,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72232\/revisions\/72234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}