The original inhabitants of the Federal Capital Territory will, on Saturday, December 13, 2025, honour the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, with the Nigeria Infrastructure Minister of the Year Award.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the Secretary-General of the Karu Gbagyi Development Association, Samuel Aye, the award recognises Wike’s contributions to the development of outer city districts and satellite towns in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Karu, the hometown of former federal lawmaker Senator Tanimu Aduda, described Wike as a development-focused minister who has “written his name in the annals of good governance” since his appointment by President Bola Tinubu in 2023.
The statement read in part, “FCT indigenes had never witnessed huge infrastructure developments all at once in outer city districts and satellite towns like those currently being undertaken under the administration of the current minister and President Bola Tinubu.
Minister Wike is to be conferred with the award on Saturday, December 13, 2025, at a grand reception in his honour and that of other awardees at the Jummai Aduda Townhall in Karu District, Abuja.
“The event will also feature a public lecture on the FCT 2026 elections to be delivered by Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Gambia, Amb. Ayuba Ngbako, including a scholarship award for indigent persons and an Empowerment Scheme for Karu Chiefdom residents.
“We want to honour the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for the great infrastructure projects delivered to our community, including the completed rehabilitation of the Nyanya-Karu-Jikwoyi-Karshi Highway, which is currently easing traffic in Karu Chiefdom, the completed Kugbo Bus Terminal, Kugbo International Market, and the award of contracts for the reconstruction of Karu township roads.”
