Press Release: FCTA TO EXECUTE 19 PROJECTS IN KOGI WEST

The attention of the FCT Administration has been drawn to a publication on the above subject matter in the Daily Trust newspaper of Friday, December 9, 2016, on the advertised projects planned for execution in Kogi West Senatorial District of Kogi State.

These are constituency projects being undertaken by the Federal Government, which the FCT Administration was given the responsibility as a Federal Government Agency to execute. 

The insinuation in the publication that the FCTA abandoned its immediate constituency, which is the FCT to embark on projects in Kogi State, is erroneous.

The FCT Administration is simply an implementation Agency, a role that is also being played by other Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) of the Federal Government in respect of the Constituency Projects across the country.

For reference purposes, this information can be verified and tracked online in the list of approved constituency projects as contained in the 2016 Appropriation Act; specifically, projects number 2498 to 2506.

There are a total of 2,515 constituency projects in the Act, out of which 9 projects were earmarked for execution in Kogi West Senatorial District for which the FCTA was listed as the implementing MDA. 

The Newspaper ought to have ordinarily balanced their story by contacting the FCT Administration for clarification, thereby fulfilling the major bedrocks of journalism, which are objectivity and fairness.

The FCT Administration therefore, wishes to advise media organizations to endeavor to balance their stories, as its doors are always open for any kind of inquiry on any matter that concerns it.

Signed 

Muhammad Hazat Sule, FCAI

Deputy Director / Chief Press Secretary,

Tuesday, December 13, 2016.