Senate probes $18.5b Abuja centenary city project

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Yisa Ashiru Oyelola

The Senate has resolved to investigate the stalled $18.5 billion Abuja Centenary Economic City project. Adopting a motion sponsored

by Yisa Ashiru Oyelola , the upper legislative chamber agreed to set up an ad hoc committee by Yisa Ashiru Oyelola , the upper legislative chamber agreed to set up an ad hoc committee to “urgently investigate the factors impeding the completion of the Abuja Centenary City project.”

The original vision for the project was for it to serve as a potential economic hub, with a plan to create over 190,000 construction jobs, 250 million permanent well-paying employments and accommodation for over 200,000 residents. He took advantage of the consideration of a bill for the amendment of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission Act to draw attention to the alleged deceit in the adoption of the name, Nigeria Correctional Service.

Findings have shown that within the last 10 years, about 20 jailbreaks occurred in Nigeria, a development Akpabio attributed to incompetence and deceit. Also on July 8, 2021, four awaiting trial suspects escaped from Jos custodial centre in Plateau state. Another jailbreak occurred on September 13, 2021, at Kabba Correctional Centre in Kogi State, where over 2,400 inmates were freed.

Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the 2023 General Elections, Adewole Adebayo, has advised the Federal Government to focus on the social investment elements of the 1999 Constitution and make life better for the citizenry.

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