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Nigeria: Gwarinpa - a City On Its Own


 

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Leadership (Abuja)

COLUMN
28 May 2008
Posted to the web 28 May 2008

Ramat Omaye Yakubu

There's definitely no way you can talk about the capital city of Abuja without talking about the largest estate in West Africa, which is Gwarinpa, due to its massive landscape, we call it "a city on its own".

According to history, the name Gwarinpa was referred to "settlers on the rock" which was how they referred to the first people who were found settling in Gwarinpa and that is how that area was named Gwarinpa. The name Gwarinpa has a lot to do with typography of the place. The sight of Gwarinpa is a beautiful one, it reminds you nothing short of what you see in the developed countries of the world.

The structures of buildings in Gwarinpa are similar depending on the areas and this adds so much colour to the environment.

Gwarinpa has got all kinds of social amenities like schools, banking facilities, night clubs, joints, restaurants, etc.

Unlike most satellite areas in the FCT, Gwarinpa's accommodation is more reasonable. The residence also claim to have regular power supply, though it has been unusual lately, but believing that the necessary authorities will address the issue soon. Gwarinpa's residence hope that the issue of water supply will also be resolved; some of the abandoned road projects in Gwarinpa has been recently attended to, while some are still in progress.

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Wit the Berger-Gwarinpa flyover bridge in construction, Gwarinpa will be easier accessible in the nearest future, which keeps everyone in Gwarinpa looking forward to the end of that construction.



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