President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday commended the peaceful relocation and compensation of the communities along the road corridor during the execution of road projects in the nation’s capital.

The President gave the commendation while commissioning the newly completed Arterial Road N16 (Shehu Shagari Way), extending from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway (Ring Road 1) to Arterial Road N20 (Wole Soyinka Way), along with an interchange and other adjoining roads within the Katampe District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The President said such peaceful settlement would ensure that development was pursued by the FCT Administration without displacing the indigenous people.

Addressing the traditional rulers, the President said, “They told me how cooperative you were and you collaborated with the FCT Minister and respectively, you have been relocated. Not that we grabbed the land. 

“Like any government, we want development. But how well we organize and execute them depends on us. Of course, we are here because of the trust you have in us. Thank you very much for your cooperation. 

“And we thank the Minister of FCT too, for relocating your community with peace and good compensation.”