Infrastructure deficit: FCT Minister advocates for alternative funding

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,  FCT, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has called for the collaboration of stakeholders in order to fast track the  provision of basic infrastructural facilities to various Districts of the FCT.  The Minister made this call last week in Abuja during an inspection tour of ongoing infrastructural works at the […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,  FCT, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has called for the collaboration of stakeholders in order to fast track the  provision of basic infrastructural facilities to various Districts of the FCT. 

The Minister made this call last week in Abuja during an inspection tour of ongoing infrastructural works at the Guzape District.

While calling for more private sector participation in Abuja infrastructure development, the Minister, who attributed the slow pace of infrastructures to the  paucity of funds, adding  that government  alone cannot provide the needed funds.

He stressed that the expensive nature of infrastructural projects in the FCT means that private investments are urgently required to bridge the huge infrastructural gap in the capital city.

Bello said the situation now in Abuja is different from 30 years ago when people were being encouraged to come into the city and it made a lot of sense for government to provide infrastructure. 

The Minister lamented that the level of infrastructure development in most districts has not matched with housing development, as many plot owners have gone in to develop their properties no minding the level of infrastructure development.