banki:

continue to lie to yourselves so all of a sudden all the other administrations did not do anythying in Abuja? infact i saw on one of the pictures the new 10 story Churchgate towers a private project has now become part of what government has achieved,now all of a sudden you believe GEJ admisistration is better than all the other leaders combined i believe that is for people of nigeria to discuss....

Thye should go by road to the next state Kogi just beside abuja inspect the lokoja abuja express... tell us what they are doing about the flood, the road the fact that nigerians were trapped on the road for 2days please spare me this nonsence of this government performance because as far as I am conceredned they are only working on the pages of newspapers.... FCT tour my Foot we in Abuja know that Bala Mohammed has turned our clean Abuja to a big refuse dump, there are beggers on the streets, street hawking is now normal,mass transit is useless, and yet all he can boast about as achivement is turning Maitama to Goodluck Jonathan Boulevald and alllocating turais stolen wealth to patience....

If you weren't so naive, you'd know that the WTC which is infact about 20+ storey's is jointly funded by the Federal Government and a susidiary of Churchgate. And seeing how you supposedly live in Abuja, I'm sure you would've noticed the increase in the speed of construction of previously abandoned projects, e.g. the National Library which no one even knew existed (it was approved in early 2000s) and Also the Millenium Tower and cultural centre. I'm sure you must have also noticed the fact that the WTC has come very far within the 1st 10 months of its initiation,I pray God will sustain the current growth/expansion of the FCT, in order to shut you pessimists up.

kokoA: Ehhmm.. Ehmm.. Not to be seen as a persimist here, as a resident of Abuja I don't really see anything new. All of these projects have been on for nothing less than three years now and I wan't to believe that more monies have been released than necessary yet they are still 'ongoing'. Wouldn't it be more proper if Labaran and the gang had patiently wait till they are finished before they embark on this 'missionary journey'? Why the rush? What if after showing nigerians all of these, works stop tommorow? Are they still going to tell us that the projects are 'ongoing'? Secondly, I will like to totally agree with the poster
who said Abuja is fast becoming a slum. Since elrufai left as minister, all his succesors have just been interested in emlarging their bank accounts leaving abuja to be the shadow of her former self. No amount of propaganda can change this, I will know if the government is working if I can drive at night in the streets of abuja with street lights, if I don't have to leave my refuse outside for two days before waste collectors come for them.. Having said that, I congratulate GEJ for trying to continue with his predecessors' projects.

If I may correct you, the WTC was started officially around December 2011 and the twin towers are already at the top level, from what I can see, your points are quite accurate although the only argument is that there are various projects Nigeria which have been accelerated since the GEJ term officially started.In my opinion I can only hope that the current changes in Abuja are momentary and as soon as all the construction is done,the government will tackle it. In my opinion, Abuja starts deteriorating the further away you get from the city, and I think that is a relatively good idea as it ensures that those who cant be self sustainable in the city don't bother trying to live there at all. Abuja is a perfect example of what geographers will call a typical urban city, Abuja is an inaccurate replica of Rio de Janeiro. The further away you move from the city, the more slums and shanty towns you'll find. This segregation is quite clear with the difference in the environment of the international and local airport. Sorry I've sort've gone off topic.

I just thought I'd mention the fact that although this structure seems to be substandard, It was constructed at a cost under 1Billion Naira within 300 days, by Nigerian engineers and architects. This was an opportunity made by the government for small companies to expand and develop in Nigeria instead of sustaining foreign companies that don't necessarily contribute to the development of the nation.
The only argument that can be made is that there was no thorough planning for this project. For example someone mentioned Gatwick Airport which is privately owned by a Nigerian, I'm not sure if any of you know this, but for the renovation of Gatwick Airport, the company spent millions of GBP on 6 months research to decide what colour and design the airport signs alone should be. If that sort of money and time was to be spent on such planning in Nigeria, half of the country will speculate that the government is wasting money on useless things. I would just like to say that i flew into this airport in June last year and by early August when I flew into it again the steel structure had already being put up. For those of you 'older' Nigerians (btw i'm just a passionate teen who lives abroad and views all sides of the story) how many government funded projects in Nigeria, on the scale of an airport, regardless of the quality, has ever been completed within 300 days. I doubt even the almighty Julius Berger has ever completed a project in such time.
- the picture shows the final design that was chosen for the signs at Gatwick airport after 6 months of deliberations.