The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has assured that no FCT judge will live in a rented apartment by 2027.
Wike stated this on Monday during the flag-off of the design and construction of official residences for the Heads of Courts of the FCT in Abuja.
He said President Bola Tinubu’s administration is determined to end the era where judges live in rented quarters across the capital.
“Before the end of Mr President’s first tenure, no judge of the FCT High Court will be living in a rented quarter. I said before the first tenure ends, no judge of the FCT High Court; I didn’t say Federal High Court, I didn’t say National Industrial Court, but of the FCT High Court, will be staying in a rented quarter,” Wike said.
The minister explained that the project formed part of the approved 2024 and 2025 FCT budgets, duly passed by the National Assembly and assented to by President Tinubu.