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Secretary
to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim said the proposed Abuja
centenary city would bring foreign direct investment worth over $15 billion
when completed.
Anyim
who was speaking to newsmen in Lagos on the project which marks Nigeria’s 100
years of existence said the city would be designed by a reputable
world class design team as a contemporary efficient ‘mixed-use’ city with
emphasis on modernity and Nigeria’s unique cultural heritage
To
be built on 1,000 hectares of land, Anyim said the city would be revolutionary
approach to urbanization in Africa and would support the Jonathan’s
administration’s transformation agenda that champions private sector role in
project of significant magnitude. By the end of its planned five-year
development cycle, the city would have created over 50,000 construction jobs
and permanent well-paying jobs, he said
He
said the land for the centenary city would be acquired in accordance with FCT
land swap agreement and being a private sector driven project, government, he
said would not put any money into it.
“Government
will not put any money. It is also not a concessioning arrangement since
government will outsource the project to a company that has secured land
allocation in accordance with FCT land swap arrangement,” he said
Anyim
said the city is planned for a residential population of about 100,000 people
but also to host 500,000 visitors daily
He
said city like Dubai, Monaco, Shenzhen and Songdo would be the signpost of
Nigeria of the future.
“The
city shall promote leisure, tourism, commercial hubs, sports and 20 per cent
residential. It shall promote world-class multinational and domestic businesses
in a world-class and master planned environment that gives meaning to life,
energy for work and pleasure for play while permanently contributing to
Nigeria’s economic growth, diversity and greatness into the next centenary”, he
said