Job creation in abuja

Muhammadu Buhari has expressed
confidence that the Centenary City in Abuja, will
create more jobs and add immense value to the
overall development of the country.
He made the statement after being briefed by
the Chairman of the Centenary City PLC on the
progress of the project and the faith of the
original inhabitants of the site.
The President praised the Centenary City’s main
development partners from the United Arab
Emirates for having enough confidence in Nigeria
to agree to invest about eighteen point five
billion dollars in the project.
President Buhari expressed optimism that the
skills, expertise and vast experience that would
be brought into Nigeria to build the Centenary
City on the Dubai model, would also be of
immense benefit to Nigeria.
Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors,
General Abdulsalami Abubakar has earlier
informed President Buhari that the Centenary
City would create about two hundred and fifty
thousand more direct jobs in the Federal Capital
Territory and about half a million indirect jobs.
The team also told the President that all the
original inhabitants of the site have been fully
compensated, emphasising that the project
would be totally private sector driven.