Former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has criticized the alleged infrastructural development efforts in Abuja attributed to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Dalung also rejected the claim made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio that Abuja is beginning to resemble London.
Appearing on Arise TV’s The Morning Show on Friday, January 10, 2025, the former minister stated that the area where he resides in Abuja does not bear any resemblance to London.
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“If the Senate President is feeling like he’s in London, it could the London of his own immediate environment,” he said.
Dalung, who previously confirmed the presence of “dangerous cabals” within President Bola Tinubu’s administration, criticized the portrayal of Wike’s projects in Abuja as a misrepresentation of progress.
He argued that the Federal Capital lacks essential services, stating it is unjust to celebrate road constructions in a city that lacks proper schools and healthcare facilities.
“I think there is misrepresentation of progress and limiting it to the elites alone or priviledge class. It’s unfair. In Abuja, I know there’s no water. Most people support themselves with private initiatives through boreholes. The public school system in Abuja is not different from (those) in any part of Nigeria. The healthcare delivery system is of course like a transit camp,” Dalung said.
He stressed that road projects in the FCT do not translate to development because such projects do not “touch the general wellbeing of the people.”
“These are the services that affect common people directly, not road construction. How many poor Nigerians have vehicles, so we cannot be emphasising dualisation or road construction as development,” he concluded.
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