The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced plans by the FCT Administration to construct additional bus terminals in Bwari and Gwagwalada Area Councils, in a bid to expand safe and efficient public transportation to the satellite towns.
Wike made this known on Saturday during an inspection tour of the ongoing dualisation of the Ushafa to War College and Check Point Road project in Bwari Area Council, as well as the Abuja International Conference Centre.
According to the minister, the initiative is part of a broader transportation strategy aimed at improving public safety and service delivery across the FCT. He noted that the decision to site new terminals in the satellite towns followed the near completion of similar projects in the city centre.
“We have agreed that we are going to construct one bus terminal in Gwagwalada and another in Bwari,” Wike stated. “This will enable people to board a taxi or bus from Bwari down to the city, either to the Mabushi Bus Terminal, Kugbo Terminal or Central Area Bus Terminal — and the same applies to Gwagwalada.”
The Wike-led administration had, in 2024, awarded contracts for the construction of bus and taxi terminals in Mabushi, Central Area, and Kugbo. While the terminals in Mabushi and Kugbo are ready for inauguration, work is still ongoing at the Central Area terminal.
Highlighting the importance of the project, Wike said the terminals would help curtail the activities of criminal syndicates, especially “one chance” operators — hoodlums who pose as taxi drivers to rob unsuspecting passengers.
“By the time we have done that, people will be safe and secured,” the minister said. “You can now go to any bus terminal, board a taxi, and go wherever you want without the fear of becoming a victim of ‘one chance’.”
He, however, issued a stern warning to commuters who may still choose to patronize roadside taxis once the terminals become operational.
“Anyone who decides to board a taxi or bus by the roadside after we have provided these terminals will be doing so at his or her own risk,” Wike warned. “The government would have done what it is supposed to do — to provide safe, well-located, and organized terminals for public use.”
The minister reaffirmed the FCTA’s commitment to ensuring that residents of both the city and surrounding communities enjoy access to secure, modern transportation infrastructure.
