President Tinubu, marking his third anniversary in office, flagged off construction of two service lanes along the Southern Parkway in Gaduwa District, Abuja — running from Arterial Road S20 (Oladipo Diya Way) to Ring Road II. He was represented at the ceremony by APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda.
The main carriageway on this route, now renamed Bola Ahmed Tinubu Way, was already built and commissioned earlier in the administration; these new service lanes are meant to complete the original plan for the corridor. Tinubu described the Southern Parkway as one of the most strategic routes in the Abuja Master Plan, linking districts across the southern axis of the city and connecting Phase One through Phase Four. He said it should ease the heavy daily congestion residents of Durumi, Kudu, Gaduwa, and Jikwoyi face on routes like Abubakar Salami Way and S20.
The headline phrase comes from Tinubu’s praise of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, crediting him with reviving abandoned projects and bringing “discipline, vision and political will” to the territory’s administration — telling him he’s earned the nickname “Mr. Projects” not just in his home state of Rivers but now in Abuja too.
Wike, for his part, pushed back on suggestions that infrastructure work might slow down as the 2027 elections approach, insisting projects would continue regardless of politics. He said he’d personally called contractor CGC Nigeria Limited late the night before to confirm the project timeline, and wants the road commissioned before the January 2027 election season, with a promise that the FCT Administration would meet its funding obligations on schedule. He also used the occasion to warn against illegal structures and land encroachment along the corridor.
Tinubu closed by framing it as part of a broader push — citing other completed or ongoing projects like the N20 (now Professor Wole Soyinka Way) and the N16 Interchange — saying “we are laying the foundation for a new Nigeria that works… for our common prosperity.”
