The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that President Bola Tinubu will ensure that no judge of the FCT will be living in a rented apartment by the end of the President’s first tenure.
The minister stated this on Monday during the flag-off of the Design and Construction of Residences for the Heads of Courts of the FCT, adding that the era where judges stayed in rented quarters “will come to an end.”
“Let me also say what Mr President has done for the FCT. Before the first tenure of Mr President ends, no judge of the FCT will be living in rented quarters. 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 quarters,” he said.
The provision of houses to the heads of courts follows the flag-off of the construction of new Magistrate Courts in Jabi in September 2025, and the construction of 40 judges’ quarters in Katampe District, flagged off earlier in November 2024.
He minister has continued to insist that the provision of infrastructure for the judiciary did not amount to interference by the executive, noting that the Federal Capital Development Authority was responsible for the construction of public buildings in the FCT.
Speaking during the flag-off on Monday, Wike clarified that the heads of courts, including the President of the Court of Appeal, the Chief Judges of the Federal and FCT High Courts, and the President of the National Industrial Court, will retire with the houses constructed for them.