Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says the FCT Administration will construct additional bus terminals in Bwari and Gwagwalada.

Mr Wike disclosed this when he inspected the dualisation of Ushafa to War College and Check Point Road project in Bwari Area Council and the Abuja International Conference Centre on Saturday.

“We have agreed that we are going to construct one bus terminal in Gwagwalada and another in Bwari.

“This will enable people to board a taxi or bus from Bwari down to the city, either to the Mabushi Bus Terminal, Kugbo Terminal or Central Area Bus Terminal, and the same thing applies to Gwagwalada,” Mr Wike said.

The Wike-led FCT Administration had, in 2024, awarded contracts for the construction of bus and tax terminals in Mabushi, Central Area, and Kugbo.

The projects in Mabushi and Kugbo are ready for inauguration, while that of the Central Area is ongoing.

The minister explained that the decision to construct additional terminals was to expand the initiative to the satellite towns to ensure inclusion in service delivery.

“By the time we have done that, people will be safe, and people will be secured.

“You can now go to any bus terminal, board a taxi, and go wherever you want to go without the fear of becoming a victim of ‘one chance, ’” he said.

“Once chance” are criminals who pose as taxi drivers to snatch passengers of their valuables.

Mr Wike warned that anyone who decided to board a taxi or bus by the roadside after the bus terminals had become operational would be doing so at their own risk.

He stressed that the government had done the right thing by constructing bus terminals in strategic locations. 

(NAN)