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Now that the FCT is a state!

Now that the FCT is a state!

By Austin Maho IF there is one take away from the recent judgement of the  Presidential Election Petition Court, otherwise know as the PEPC, it is the recognition of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as one of the states of the Federation not just an administration territory and an appendage of the President’s  office. Delivering […]
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FCT elections as harbinger?

FCT elections as harbinger?

By Nick Dazang FOR stakeholders in the electoral process, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council Elections were expected to accomplish, at least, four salient objectives, thereby putting them at par with, if not surpassing, the high water mark Edo and Ondo governorship elections which were conducted on Saturday, September 16 and Saturday, October 10, […]

INC knocks FG over plan to relocate NAPIMS to Abuja

INC knocks FG over plan to relocate NAPIMS to Abuja

The Ijaw National Congress, INC, has expressed dismay over what it called the systematic and strategic relocation of the National Petroleum Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, office from Lagos to Abuja despite the outcry against it

Centre demands justice, empowerment for FCT indigenes

Centre demands justice, empowerment for FCT indigenes

A civil society organisation, the Socio-Economic Research and Development Centre, SERDEC, Tuesday, called on the federal government, agencies and international bodies to put an end to what it called the marginalization and economic injustice being perpetrated against the Original Inhabitants, OIs, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

Strike: FCT primary school teachers, concerned over effect on pupils

Strike: FCT primary school teachers, concerned over effect on pupils

Some primary school teachers in Bwari Area Council of the FCT have expressed concerns over the effect of incessant strikes on pupils in public schools in the six area councils of the territory. The teachers, who spoke in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, Abuja, said that though, they were hopeful […]

How FCT can increase revenue, reduce cost of governance — Economist

How FCT can increase revenue, reduce cost of governance — Economist

A renowned Abuja-based economist, Aliyu Yusha’u has tasked the newly created Economic Planning, Revenue Generation and Public-Private Partnership Secretariat in the Federal Capital Territory FCT Administration with the need to evolve strategies aimed at increasing the administration’s internally generated revenue and reducing the cost of governance.