News Investigators/ The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Executive Council has approved a new contract for the construction of a police station at the newly established Wasa Informal Sector.
The approval was granted on Tuesday during the 19th council’s meeting, chaired by the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, in Abuja.
Briefing newsmen after the meeting, Director of the FCT Security Services Department, Adamu Gwary, said that the development would mark another milestone in the administration’s drive to fight crime across the territory.
Mr Gwary revealed that the project includes a fully furnished divisional police station and a six-man staff quarters, with a strict six-month delivery timeline.
According to him, the project fulfills a directive issued by Wike during the official commissioning of the Wasa Informal Sector infrastructure in July, where security concerns were raised regarding the rapidly expanding settlement and surrounding communities.
“During the minister’s visit in July, the issue of security came up, and he directed that a police station be established to serve not only the informal sector, but the entire area.
“This contract is a fresh approval by the council to take security straight to the doorsteps of our residents,” Gwary said.
The director recalled that during the minister’s town hall tours across the six area councils upon assuming office, he pledged to decentralise security operations and tackle heinous crimes in rural and hard-to-reach areas.
He added that the pledge materialised in the ongoing construction of two Divisional Police Headquarters in each of the six area councils.
Gwary confirmed that several of these security facilities were now completed, while others had reached advanced stages of construction.
“At the moment, the Department of Public Building has taken delivery of two fully completed police divisions: one at Ushafa and another at Saburi.
“The scope of work covers a fully furnished police station building and fully furnished six-man staff quarters designed to enhance police efficiency in rural zones,” Gwary said.
He added that Wike would visit some of the completed facilities in the coming days to assess both the structural quality and high-standard furnishings.
“The initiative is expected to significantly bolster intelligence gathering, shorten police response times, and curb kidnapping and violent crimes across rural communities in the FCT.
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