President Bola Tinubu is backing his Renewed Hope Agenda with concrete investment in roads and homes across the Federal Capital Territory. Senate President Godswill Akpabio stood in for Tinubu on Friday as he inaugurated a freshly built 10.5-kilometre stretch of roads in Karsana District, Abuja.
The network includes arterial roads N11, N16 and N40, plus Special Important Local Street 03. These routes now link Renewed Hope City and Estates in Karsana West to the Outer Northern Motorway, also known as the Murtala Mohammed Motorway, and to the rest of Abuja.
Tinubu explained that the roads unlock access to thousands of affordable housing units that were previously hard to reach. "By linking Karsana West to the Outer Northern Motorway, we have made thousands of affordable housing units accessible, liveable, and safe," he said through his representative.
The president sketched a vision of improved daily life for residents. "This is renewed hope on the ground.
It means less time in traffic, lower vehicle costs, safer movement at night, and the dignity of arriving at your doorstep without a struggle," Tinubu added.
He recalled giving clear orders when he broke ground for the 3,112-unit Renewed Hope City in Karsana. "Provide the roads, provide the engineering infrastructure, and unlock this district for development," the president said he'd directed.
Tinubu drove home a key message about development strategy. "Housing without access is a blueprint without a building.
For too long, Abuja's story was 'awarded and abandoned'. Today, we are ending that story with roads that open, not ones that stall," he said.
The president outlined his administration's method for delivery. "Renewed Hope is not a slogan.
It is a method we practise: identify the bottleneck, fund the solution, supervise the work, and finish what we started," Tinubu explained.
He noted that timely road construction, street lighting and other facilities boost public trust and raise living standards. The president also praised FCT minister Nyesom Wike for his work opening up previously inaccessible residential zones.
"Wike, you have earned my trust, and you have my commendation," Tinubu said.
Wike recalled the grim reality when Renewed Hope City first opened. "There is no road.
It was terrible, and I was wondering how people living in the area could access their homes," the minister told reporters.
He said the team decided to fix the problem by building access roads. "This was feasible because of the support of Mr President," Wike noted.
The minister stressed that the project shows federal commitment to infrastructure at a scale no previous government had matched in the FCT and surrounding towns.
Minister of State for FCT Dr Mariya Mahmoud also spoke, calling the roads vital for spurring economic activity and lifting residents' living conditions.
