70% of FCT citizens live in slums – Senatorial aspirant

About 70% of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) citizens are living in slums, a senatorial aspirant for the territory, Mr. Olanrewaju Lawrence, has said. Mr. Lawrence, who is contesting on the platform of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) for the FCT senatorial seat in the 2019 general elections, said the situation was caused by past […]

About 70% of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) citizens are living in slums, a senatorial aspirant for the territory, Mr. Olanrewaju Lawrence, has said.

Mr. Lawrence, who is contesting on the platform of Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) for the FCT senatorial seat in the 2019 general elections, said the situation was caused by past leaders who refused to plan well for the people.

The aspirant  made this known during the ANRP-FCT chapter primaries in Abuja, adding that the capital needed a pragmatic shift in leadership to bring about the desired development.

The “FCT is over 35 years old and those elected have not brought the desired development. FCT ought to be having more than 10 million tourists as a revenue generating area for the government and creating jobs for the citizens dwelling in the capital but look around, you will see infrastructure that are not well conceived,” he added.

He lamented that money politics was responsible for the poor leadership in the capital city. While noting that Abuja was created to be the proud black capital of the world, he called on the residents to vote wisely in the 2019 elections.