{"id":72446,"date":"2025-08-07T10:50:46","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72446"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T10:50:46","slug":"wike-unveils-abuja-city-walk-to-attract-global-investment-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/07\/wike-unveils-abuja-city-walk-to-attract-global-investment-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Unveils Abuja City Walk to Attract Global Investment, Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has launched the Abuja City Walk project; an ambitious urban renewal initiative inspired by Dubai\u2019s iconic City Walk.<\/p>\n<p>The development aims to transform Abuja into a premier destination for tourism, international business, and luxury living.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the unveiling, Wike explained that the recent revocation of undeveloped plots, including those at the Abuja Technology Village, was necessary to recover lands misused for non-developmental purposes such as parking tankers.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), has been signed with private investors, with the first phase of the City Walk scheduled for completion in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The project will feature a dynamic blend of entertainment, retail, residential, and diplomatic zones.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing concerns over the revocation of land belonging to the University of Abuja, Wike clarified that only idle portions were affected.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the institution still retains over 4,000 hectares, while reallocated land will now support critical infrastructure projects.<\/p>\n<p>The City Walk initiative has already begun attracting investor interest, with developers targeting areas like Jabi, Wuye, and Katampe, anticipating a surge in luxury real estate and service offerings.<\/p>\n<p>To curb land speculation and fast-track delivery, the FCTA has vowed to strictly enforce development timelines going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has launched the Abuja City Walk project; an ambitious urban renewal initiative inspired by Dubai\u2019s iconic City Walk. The development aims to transform Abuja into a premier destination for tourism, international business, and luxury living. Speaking during the unveiling, Wike explained [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72446","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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72448,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72446\/revisions\/72448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}