FCT: ‘Don’t Name Roads Constructed By FG After Your Mother, Village Palm Wine Tapper’ – Akpabio Warns AMAC Chairman

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has cautioned the Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Christopher Maikalangu, against naming roads built with Federal Government funds after individuals without obtaining the necessary approval.

Akpabio issued the warning on Wednesday during the inauguration of newly completed roads in the Gaduwa District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), an event held as part of activities commemorating the third anniversary of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

The Senate President expressed support for the position earlier taken by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who had also warned the AMAC chairman against assigning names to roads executed by the FCT Administration without official authorization.

According to Wike, only roads financed and constructed by an area council should be named by that council, while projects undertaken with funds from the FCT Administration remain the responsibility of the appropriate government authorities.

Reinforcing the minister’s stance, Akpabio stressed that it would be inappropriate for local government officials to claim naming rights over infrastructure financed by the Federal Government.

Addressing senior officials present at the event, the Senate President said the AMAC chairman should understand that public infrastructure funded by the Federal Government cannot be named arbitrarily after family members, associates, or individuals who played no role in financing the projects.

“Senior officials of the FCT Administration, the chairmen of the area councils of the FCT, particularly the one that has just been warned, should understand that we will not spend money from the Federal Government to construct roads and then you will name them after your mother,” Akpabio said.

He added that those who fund public projects should retain the authority to determine how such projects are designated.

“It’s important for you to note that he who pays the piper dictates the tune. If you wanted to name this road after just anybody, then you should have constructed it yourself,” he stated.

Akpabio further remarked that it would be unacceptable for roads completed with federal resources to be named after random individuals, including people with no connection to the project.

“It’s not when the Federal Government has finished constructing the road that you will now go and pick one palm wine tapper in your village and name the road after the person. So, Minister, thank you for issuing the warning at the right time,” he added.

The remarks underscore the Federal Government’s insistence that the naming of roads and other public infrastructure in the FCT must follow established procedures and receive the appropriate approvals, particularly where such projects are funded and executed by the Federal Capital Territory Administration.

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