The Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Minister of State, Mariya Mahmoud, presided over the 19th Federal Capital Territory Executive Committee, or FCT EXCO, meeting, which approved the immediate restart of construction on the abandoned Utako General Hospital in Abuja.
On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, the Mandate Secretary for the Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), disclosed the information to reporters in Abuja regarding the results of the FCT EXCO meeting concerning the health sector.
According to Dr. Fasawe, the long-abandoned Utako General Hospital project will start up again right now, with approved plans covering all aspects of its construction, staffing, and equipment.
The Health Secretary stated that the EXCO had approved the urgent awarding of contracts for the complete reconstruction, rehabilitation, and modern re-equipment of all FCT general hospitals, while also emphasising other significant accomplishments pertaining to the health sector.
“I am happy to say that the Minister has ordered the immediate award of renovation and rehabilitation of all the general hospitals in the FCT,” she said. And this includes purchasing new equipment, X-ray machines, diagnostic supplies, and even theatre supplies. Additionally, he has given the order to begin designing, constructing, staffing, and equipping the long-abandoned Utako General Hospital.
According to the Health Secretary, this would significantly improve the FCT’s inhabitants’ access to high-quality healthcare.
Dr. Fasawe emphasised, “So, what happens now is that when the hospitals are upgraded, the equipment is there, and the personnel are there, then quality, affordable, and accessible healthcare would be available for the people of the FCT.”
Adamu Gwary, the director of the Security Department, also described important EXCO approvals intended to improve safety in the FCT’s rural and satellite villages and deliver police infrastructure right to local residents’ homes. According to him, a new six-month contract for security infrastructure at the recently formed Wasa informal sector, including a specialised police station serving the larger region, was approved by the EXCO.
According to Gwary, the effort was intended to supplement the Minister’s commitment to build two fully equipped Divisional Police Headquarters with six-person staff quarters in each of the Federal Capital Territory’s six Area Councils.
In order to proactively combat rural crime, he pointed out that the administration had already received finished stations in Ushafa and Saburi, and several more were in advanced stages of completion.
The FCT EXCO has approved a contract for the complete digital transformation of the FCT High Court system within two weeks, according to General Counsel Salman Dako, FCT, in a historic ruling for judicial efficiency.
In order to address past record-keeping issues and align FCT courts with international best practices, Dako revealed that the project would install automated case management systems and electronic court recording in the 67 courtrooms spread across the FCT’s judicial divisions.
Education Secretary Danlami Hayyo verified FCT EXCO approvals for the purchase of exam materials in elementary, junior secondary, and senior secondary schools.
He said that the action was taken to guarantee smooth examination procedures in FCT public schools, which had seen a surge of pupils transferring from private schools as a result of significant classroom modernisation and school renovations throughout the region.
In response to previous academic disruptions, the Education Secretary stated that the administration had actively stabilised the welfare of teachers by providing an ongoing N2 billion monthly intervention fund to ensure industrial harmony and better learning outcomes, as well as funding 40% of Area Council teachers’ arrears entitlement.
Significant assistance was also given to satellite villages’ electricity supplies and infrastructure. Abdulkadir Zulkiflu, the coordinator of the Satellite Towns Development Department, said that Messrs. CGC Nigeria Limited has been awarded a N5.3 billion contract for the eight-month construction of a 33 KVA power supply line from Dawakinchi to Tokulo and nearby villages in Bwari.
Furthermore, the EXCO officially approved two 12-month projects that Messrs. Setraco Nigeria Limited successfully finished and put into service: the N8.8 billion Paikon Kore/Ibwa Road restoration in Gwagwalada and the Gaba/Tokulo Road, which includes a two-span river bridge in Bwari.
The EXCO approved contracts for the purchase of utility vehicles, a hardware and data center overhaul for integrated ICT operations, and a specialised contract with the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company to print revenue receipts embedded with advanced security features to eliminate fraud, according to Director of Land Administration Chijioke Nwankwoeze, who also outlined how modernisation efforts and safeguards were extended to land administration.
In the meantime, Mary Amina Ahmadu, the AMMC’s Overseeing Coordinator, confirmed that the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council had been granted approval for six environmental memos that addressed solid waste collection, common waste dump maintenance, waterway desilting to prevent flooding, and modular hybrid solar street lighting.
Acting General Manager of the FCT Water Board, Mrs. Chinyere Elechi Arayi, confirmed approved contracts for high-tech hypochlorite (HTH) powdered chlorine for water treatment to prevent waterborne diseases and renewed comprehensive insurance coverage for the Lower Usuma Dam treatment plant, ensuring public health at its source.
The Chief of Staff thanked the media for their continued cooperation and coverage as the briefing came to a close. He highlighted that in order to ensure that the advantages of government reached every area of the Federal Capital Territory, the Minister’s ambitious development drive was deliberately balancing attention between the city center and long-neglected satellite towns.