Wetin be ICC and why Nigerians dey para say goment rename am
On Tuesday, di Nigeria Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, announcement during one unveiling ceremony afta di goment rehabilitate di centre, say dem don change di name to Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Centre.
Wike also name halls inside di centre afta some politicians.
Im name halls afta Vice President Kashim Shettima, Chief Justice of Nigeria Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas.
According to di FCT Minister, dis n aim way to say thank you to dem for supporting im FCT Administration and for how di Judiciary and Legislative arms of goment dey collabo wit executive.
But Nigerians dey para say di whole tin be like dem dey enjoy anoda man sweat.
Isaac Fayose, di younger brother of one former Nigerian govnor, Ayodele Fayose, para say: "IBB, di man wey build am, no name am afta imsef. Tinubu renovate am, change im name. e say a lot. Nigerians dey suffer, but dem dey focus on keeping dia name forever."
Former Nigeria Senator, Shehu Sani sef follow provoke for social media as im advise di president say: "Na IBB build di International Conference Centre Abuja. Make di President reject renaming di place wit im name".
Abuja International Conference Center [ICC]
Former President Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida bin build di Abuja International Conference Centre for 1991.
According to Wike, Babangida bin build to ICC to host one Organization of African Unity meeting.
Di meeting bin suppose happun for Ethiopia but dem gatz relocate am sake of security threat.
Nigeria step in come begin urgent construction of di ICC through one oil swap arrangement wey e do to take raise di money.
Di centre bin popular wella sake of na dia President Babagida constitution review committee bin dey examine and revise di Nigerian Constitution.
Architecturally, di centre na mixture of modern design and Nigerian cultural decorations.
E get spacious hall and beautiful gardens surround am to give am very cool atmosphere.
Dis centre na one of Nigeria most iconic venues for high-level events, both local and international.
E don host all kains of events from world summits to trade exhibitions and cultural showcases.
Tinubu goment bin recently do one major renovation wey dem say cost ₦39 billion, and come commission an again for on Tuesday.
Di renovation bin happu afta President Visit di place for 2024 begin complain about how di facility dey spoil.
Inside eight months, Wike renovate an im to wetin im call "world-class" venue.
Now di facility go dey bear di name of di president wey renovate am, no be di one wey build am.
Oda goment buildings wey Tinubu name afta imsef
Less dan two years wey di Nigeria president enta office, President Bola Tinubu don commission more dan three goment properties afta im name.
Inside di first 19 months of im goment Tinubu commission one multibillion-naira army barrack wey dem bin start to construct for 2023.
Di barracks project na intervention wey goment bin fund to provide more accommodation to military workers.
E also commission one immigration complex as well as one new federal polytechnic, All of dem for Abuja.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Independent
5 hours ago
- The Independent
Why Tory leader no longer considers herself Nigerian despite ancestry
Kemi Badenoch has stated she no longer identifies as Nigerian, despite her ancestry. The Conservative leader confirmed she has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s. Born in Wimbledon in 1980, Ms Badenoch was raised in Lagos, Nigeria, and the United States. She explained her identity is now rooted in her family, stating 'home is where my now family is'. Ms Badenoch was among the last individuals to receive birthright citizenship in the UK before the rules were abolished the following year.
The Independent
6 hours ago
- The Independent
Kemi Badenoch says she does not feel Nigerian and no longer has passport
Kemi Badenoch has said she does not see herself as Nigerian and no longer has a passport for the country. The Conservative Party leader was born in the UK but grew up in Nigeria. When the country's economy collapsed in the 1990s, her parents took advantage of her British passport to get her out, sending her at the age of 16 to live with a family friend in south London to continue her education. She said she had not renewed her Nigerian passport in two decades in an interview with the Rosebud podcast. 'I have not renewed my Nigerian passport, I think, not since the early 2000s. 'I don't identify with it any more, most of my life has been in the UK and I've just never felt the need to.' She said she had to get a visa to visit the country when her father died, which she described as a 'big fandango'. 'I'm Nigerian through ancestry, by birth, despite not being born there because of my parents… but by identity I'm not really. 'I know the country very well, I have a lot of family there, and I'm very interested in what happens there. 'But home is where my now family is, and my now family is my children, it's my husband and my brother and his children, in-laws. The Conservative party is very much part of my family – my extended family, I call it,' she said. The North West Essex MP said her early experiences in Nigeria shaped her political outlook, including 'why I don't like socialism'. 'And I remember never quite feeling that I belonged there,' she added. The Tory leader said the reason she returned to the UK as a teenager was a 'a very sad one'. 'It was that my parents thought: 'There is no future for you in this country'.' She has not experienced racial prejudice in Britain 'in any meaningful form', she said. 'I knew I was going to a place where I would look different to everybody, and I didn't think that that was odd,' she said. 'What I found actually quite interesting was that people didn't treat me differently, and it's why I'm so quick to defend the UK whenever there are accusations of racism.'
The Guardian
10 hours ago
- The Guardian
Kemi Badenoch says she no longer sees herself as Nigerian despite upbringing
Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer considers herself Nigerian and does not possess a Nigerian passport. The Conservative party leader, who was born in London, but grew up in Nigeria and the US and did not return to the UK until she was 16, said she had not renewed her Nigerian passport in two decades. Speaking to the Rosebud podcast, Badenoch said: 'I'm Nigerian through ancestry, by birth, despite not being born there because of my parents, but by identity I'm not really. I know the country very well, I have a lot of family there, and I'm very interested in what happens there. 'But home is where my now family is, and my now family is my children, it's my husband and my brother and his children, in-laws. The Conservative party is very much part of my family, my extended family, I call it.' Badenoch was among the last people to receive British citizenship because she was born in the UK in 1980. Margaret Thatcher abolished birthright citizenship the following year. 'Finding out that I did have that British citizenship was a marvel to so many of my contemporaries, so many of my peers,' she said. 'I think the reason that I came back here was actually a very sad one, and it was that my parents thought, 'there is no future for you in this country'.' She recalled 'never quite feeling that I belonged there'. The future Tory leader moved back to the UK aged 16 to live with a friend of her mother because of the worsening political and economic situation in Nigeria, and to study for her A-levels. When Badenoch's father, Femi Adegoke, who was a doctor, died in Nigeria in 2022 she obtained a visa to travel there, which she described as a 'big fandango'. Sign up to Headlines UK Get the day's headlines and highlights emailed direct to you every morning after newsletter promotion She has on occasion clashed with the Nigerian government. Last year the country's vice-president, Kashim Shettima, suggested she could 'remove the Kemi from her name' if she was not proud of her 'nation of origin'. It is unclear what promoted Shettima's remarks but Badenoch has frequently spoken about corruption in Nigeria and growing up with a sense of fear and insecurity. The Tory leader told the podcast she had not experienced racial prejudice in Britain 'in any meaningful form'. 'I knew I was going to a place where I would look different to everybody, and I didn't think that that was odd,' she said. 'What I found actually quite interesting was that people didn't treat me differently, and it's why I'm so quick to defend the UK whenever there are accusations of racism.'
