Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria

Map of FCT Abuja	Executive Governor Mohammed Musa Bello	Abuja FCT Logo
Official Website: https://myfctagov.ng/
Population: 1,235,880** (2011 Estimate)     Alias: Center of Unity
Acting Chief Judge: Hon. Mr. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola

LIST OF MINISTERS OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY

S. No	Name	Took Office	Left Office
1	Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun	1976	1979
2	John Jatau Kadiya	1979	1982
3	Iro Abubakar Dan Musa	1982	1983
4	Haliru Dantoro	1983	December 1983
5	Mamman Jiya Vatsa	1984	December 1985
6	Hamza Abdullahi	1986	1989
7	Gado Nasko	1989	1993
8	Jeremiah Timbut Useni	1993	1998
9	Mamman Kontagora	1998	1999
10	Ibrahim Bunu	1999	2001
11	Mohammed Abba Gana	February 2001	July 2003
12	Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai	July 2003	July 2007
13	Aliyu Modibbo Umar	July 2007	October 2008
14	Muhammadu Adamu Aliero	December 2008	April 2010
15	Bala Mohammed	April 2010	May 2015
16	Mohammed Musa Bello	July 2015	Date

GENERAL INFORMATION
Abuja is the Capital City of Nigeria. Calabar is considered as the first capital of Nigeria because it served as the first capital of the Southern Protectorate, the Oil River Protectorate, and Niger Coast Protectorate. This was until the late nineteenth century, when the administrative centre of the Southern protectorate was moved to Lagos in 1906. Since 1906, Lagos has been the capital of Nigeria till December 12, 1991 when the then administration of General Ibrahim Babangida officially moved the capital to Abuja.

The decision to move Nigeria's capital to a more central location was made by the administration of General Muritala Mohammed in 1976. A panel headed by the late Justice Akinola Aguda recommended the area that came to be known as Abuja as the location of Nigeria's new capital. In his honour, one of the key buildings in the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock Abuja was named Akinola Aguda House.

Abuja is a planned city built in the 1980s based on a master plan by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange. Most of the construction of Abuja happened in the administration of General Ibrahim Babangida who became the first occupant of the Presidential Villa at Aso Rock in 1991

Local Governments

Abaji
Abuja Municipal
Bwari
Gwagwalada
Kuje
Kwali