Problems and who answers for them
Who fixes this?
For each kind of problem, the body we believe is responsible, and how sure we are.
- Checked
- 3
- Our working assumption, to be tested
- 6
- Sources disagree
- 1
The FCT's area councils
Abuja Municipal Area Council
Abattoir (slaughterhouse) control
FCT Agricultural and Rural Development Secretariat, not AMAC
Source:Checked
- Daily Trust, Abuja's richest council beset with bad roads, dirt, 28 November 2019.
Source:Checked
- Daily Trust, Abuja's richest council beset with bad roads, dirt, 28 November 2019.
Outdoor advertising and business-premises levies
Split between AMAC and the FCTA Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage under a memorandum of understanding
Source:Checked
- Daily Trust, FCTA, AMAC sign pact to end revenue feud, 22 December 2025.
Source:Checked
- Daily Trust, FCTA, AMAC sign pact to end revenue feud, 22 December 2025.
Arterial roads and drainage
FCDA/FCTA
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Village and community roads
AMAC
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Refuse collection
AEPB (FCTA); AMAC role unclear
Source:Sources disagree
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Source:Sources disagree
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Primary schools
AMAC Local Education Authority under FCT UBEB
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Primary health centres
AMAC health department and FCT Primary Health Care Board
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Policing
Nigeria Police Force (federal)
Source:Checked
- Federal Republic of Nigeria, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, section 214, read 3 October 2026.
We are still confirming this citation.
Source:Checked
- Federal Republic of Nigeria, Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, section 214, read 3 October 2026.
We are still confirming this citation.
Water supply
FCT Water Board
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Electricity
AEDC (distribution company), regulated by NERC
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
Source:Our working assumption, to be tested
- III Avenue Local, Build brief, section 8: the who-fixes-this working list and FOI Batch 1, read 2 October 2026.
The states' local government areas
We have not yet worked out who fixes what in any local government area.
Each row we add will name the body we believe is responsible, say how sure we are, and give its sources.