Amid hardship, Wike proposes N15bn for VP’s new residence

By Peters Monday, Abuja

The minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Nyesom Wike is planning to spend N15 billion to construct a new residence for the vice president despite the bad state of the nation’s economy.

Wike revealed this on Wednesday while defending the N61.5 billion 2023 supplementary budget of the FCT before the House of Representatives Committee on FCT.

Congress gathered that the President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday transmitted the N67 billion FCT supplementary budget to the National Assembly for approval.

The planned construction of the new residence is coming despite the allocation of another N2.5 billion for the renovation of the current residence of the VP in the federal government’s supplementary budget recently passed by the National Assembly and signed by President Bola Tinubu.

5-Point Transformation Agenda

Development
Education
Welfare
Health
Security


DEVELOPMENT

INFRASTRUCTURE

a. Fixing of dilapidated school buildings
b. Construction of internal roads
c. Construction of skill acquisition centre.
d. Construction of high court in Burutu
e. Provision of water
f. Electricity


HUMAN CAPITAL

a. Skill acquisition training
b. Entrepreneurship training
c. Free loans for small and medium-scale businesses
d. Employment of local staff
e. Provision of fishing nets/boats

EDUCATION

a. Provision of free notebooks
b. Provision of scholarships for best-performing students in sciences and mathematics.
c. Payment of Bursary for students in higher institutions
e.Teachers’ employment
f. Support for NDA, other military training
g. Free WAEC and NECO Registration for best-performing students.
h. Provision of desk

WELFARE

a. Special food outreach and financial support for old people and people with special needs
b. Special medical o