ABUJA: Federal Capital Territory FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike has again vowed to make Abuja hot for criminals, saying the cost of living would reduce when bandits are tamed and farmers are able to return to their farms.

The minister made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja while flagging off the 9.8km Kabusa – Takushara road.

He said the 2-lane, 7-metre carriage way with solar streetlights and shoulders is expected to be completed within six months.

At the event, the minister also cautioned school administrators against lining students in the sun to receive him, saying FCT school children must never be subjected to such energy-sapping ventures.

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“On insecurity, without roads, if someone comes to attack you, can security agencies come down immediately? No. So, we have started. Every problem cannot be solved at the same time. What is important is that there is hope.

“The hunger is because of insecurity. You cannot go to farm because kidnappers and bandits will not allow you. Now, we are fighting them. We are going to show them pepper. So, don’t worry. I know what you have suffered, I know how impatient you are. Now we have started. Just know that hope has come back”, he stated.

Wike encouraged the people to have trust in the President Bola Tinubu administration, saying he would never be a party to anything that won’t being smiles to the people.

He said; “Let me state here that once a government has made a promise, the government is obliged to fulfill the promise.

“One of the promises the president made is that those of you in the satellite towns, don’t think developments will be only in the city only. It will be in the satellite towns and one of the ways of doing it is by constructing roads and providing street lights. I want to assure you that in the next six to seven months, we will commission this project. It is not just about flag off.

“Don’t allow anybody to come and tell you stories. When they come, ask them, when they were there, did they remember Kabusa-Takushara or Kabusa-Ketti?”

The minister also ordered an immediate upgrade of facilities at a secondary school in the area, which premises is housing the road construction equipment.