{"id":857195,"date":"2025-06-21T22:11:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/fct-minister-calls-for-national-support-to-address-security-issues\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T22:11:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T03:11:55","slug":"fct-minister-calls-for-national-support-to-address-security-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/21\/fct-minister-calls-for-national-support-to-address-security-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT Minister calls for national support to address security issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Favour Ishember, Abuja<\/p>\n

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has sounded the alarm about the intricate security and health challenges facing Abuja, stressing the need for coordinated national support to effectively address them.<\/p>\n

While defending the FCT\u2019s budget before Senators in Abuja at the National Assembly Complex,Wike highlighted the territory\u2019s unique status as the seat of the Presidency, National Assembly, and foreign diplomatic missions, making it impossible to operate independently like other states<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can not discuss autonomy in a city where the President resides, where the Inspector-General of Police, the National Security Adviser, and every corporate head of the country operates from,\u201d Wike emphasized. \u201cThe security of this city is not something we can handle alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike revealed that the FCT Administration is collaborating with key federal agencies, including the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Inspector-General of Police, to bolster security. \u201cThis city requires total security architecture because of its national importance,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Minister expressed frustration over the lack of functional surveillance infrastructure, such as CCTV cameras, citing political sabotage and bureaucratic bottlenecks as major obstacles. \u201cYou wonder why we still can\u2019t have effective CCTV coverage in the capital,\u201d he lamented.<\/p>\n

Wike cautioned critics pushing for FCT autonomy to consider the constitutional and security implications, warning that a simplified view of governance could lead to operational chaos. \u201cThe FCT is not like any other state,\u201d he clarified. \u201cYou don\u2019t have a House of Assembly here; our laws are made by the National Assembly.\u201d<\/p>\n

To address the pressing challenges, Wike proposed a multi-sectoral summit involving security, health, and FCT stakeholders to develop a unified roadmap. \u201cThe issues we face here are complicated and cannot be solved in isolation,\u201d he said. \u201cWe need a coordinated effort that brings all stakeholders together.\u201d<\/p>\n

On healthcare, Wike announced that the FCTA has completed the procurement of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT) scanners to improve diagnostics in FCT hospitals. \u201cAs of yesterday, we completed procurement processes for an MRI and CT scan machine,\u201d he said. \u201cThese will be delivered to our health facilities soon, improving access to quality medical care in\u00a0the\u00a0territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Favour Ishember, Abuja The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barr Nyesom Wike, has sounded the alarm about the intricate security and health challenges facing Abuja, stressing the need for coordinated national support to effectively address them. While defending the FCT\u2019s budget before Senators in Abuja at the National Assembly Complex,Wike highlighted the territory\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":857196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127,26944],"tags":[5691,6084],"class_list":{"0":"post-857195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calls","8":"category-minister","9":"tag-calls","10":"tag-minister"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=857195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}