FG Abandons Planned 52-Storey Skyscaper in Abuja

In 2006, the then minister of Culture and Tourism, Mr. Frank Ogbuewu disclosed that the Federal Government had concluded plans to build a 52-storey building at the heart of the nation’s cultural village in Garki, Abuja.

The minister further explained that the edifice when completed would be used among other things as a cultural heritage, tourist centre, business and entertainment focal point.

Further findings at the ministry headquarters revealed that the project may not have been captured in any year’s budget in the first instance till date. Many of the staff of the ministry who responded to Daily Champion’s enquires on the proposed heritage high-rise claimed little or no knowledge of the project.

The abandoned project, it would be recalled was conceived by the ministry and considered by the Federal Executive Council in 2006, barely two years after the conception and resumption of construction activities on the recently delivered Burj Khalifa skyscrapers in Dubai……………………………