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Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, minister,
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
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"It is the fastest growing city in the world, and the most successful planned capital city," claims Abuja's supremo, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), head of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), and a key member of the economic management team driving reform.
The city and its surrounding satellites are now home to an estimated eight million people growing at 15% a year. However, the speed of its growth has exceeded the control of its planners and given rise to a series of other problems: too many people have come too quickly, and in the process, many of the rules of the original master plan were ignored.
El-Rufai has pledged to return to the original plan, and there is evidence throughout the city that he has stuck to it. Bulldozers are knocking down illegally...
