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Tinubu’s Biggest Mistake Is Making Wike Minister Says Ireti Kingibe
Tinubu’s Biggest Mistake Is Making Wike Minister Says Ireti Kingibe
Tinubu’s biggest mistake is making Wike minister says Ireti Kingibe. Ireti Kingibe, senator representing the federal capital territory (FCT), says President Bola Tinubu’s greatest political blunder was appointing Nyesom Wike as minister.
Speaking during an interview with Arise TV on Monday, Kingibe said Wike’s leadership style is autocratic and marked by “total disregard for the constitution”.
“The primary thing is that the minister doesn’t obey the rule of law. He’s autocratic. He doesn’t follow any rules or any laws. And when you try to draw his attention that governance is based on laws, the rule of law, he doesn’t accept that,” Kingibe said.
The senator accused Wike of reinstating scrapped agencies without legal backing.
“Minister Nyesom Wike has brought back agencies without the enabling laws. If he wants these things, he should ask the national assembly to create the enabling laws.
But he doesn’t, because he’s just autocratic. He feels, ‘I can do anything’,” she said.
Kingibe also alleged that Wike revoked 7,000 out of 11,000 hectares of land allocated to the University of Abuja, in violation of the Land Use Act.
“Abuja University had approximately 11,000 hectares. Minister Wike has revoked 7,000 of it and left them with four. It is definitely against the Land Use Act for you to take land from institutions to give them to individuals,” she said.
Kingibe said Wike’s actions have led to job losses and growing discontent among FCT residents.
“Every minister has come and found the streets being cleaned by indigent women. Even when some ministers come and want to bring mechanical street sweepers, we say No. This is a source of livelihood for our indigent women, widows and other underprivileged women,” she said.
“He comes, he’s fired them all… Then he doesn’t replace them with mechanical street sweepers. So, Abuja is looking dirty.”
On the issue of “unpaid” local contractors, Kingibe said Wike refused to pay hundreds of small indigenous businesses.
“There are these people called Abuja Small Indigenous Contractors… maybe about four or five hundred of them that had not been paid,” the senator said.
“He says, no, he’s not paying them. He didn’t give them the job. And that’s that. He didn’t. Two years on, they haven’t been paid.”
Reacting to recent polls that rated Wike’s performance positively, she questioned their credibility.
“If truly, Minister Wike is as popular as… You’re talking about that poll, depending on who conducted the poll and how it was conducted,” she said.
“I’m not knocking it, but I am saying local government elections are coming in a few months.
“When we come to any kind of election, can he tell the people, go and do this and they do it? If he can’t, then it means that all that any minister has been doing is blustering and carrying on and just making noise.”
Kingibe said President Tinubu’s decision to empower Wike politically has hurt his administration.
“It’s my personal opinion that that is rather unfortunate, because if I were making a list of all the things that President Tinubu has done wrong, the greatest wrong he’s done to himself, the thing that has demarcated him the most has been on Minister Wike,” she said.
Kingibe accused Wike of revoking land meant for a general hospital in Bwari and replacing it with commercial development.
Wike and Tinubu
“In Bwari, there’s land allocated for a general hospital. Minister Wike revokes it and he’s having some sort of a market or mall or something put on it,” she said.
The senator said the minister has been harassing embassies and institutions over ground rent.
“Minister Wike has been harassing all of FCT over ground rent… including embassies,” she said.
She said she plans to submit documents to the appropriate oversight bodies to challenge Wike’s actions.
“I’m going to take those documents and go to the body, the equivalent of his state assembly, and insist that that assembly, the president from whom Wike derives his powers goes back to the National Assembly for approval for everything,” she added.
“Wike, who is deriving powers from him, does not go to the national assembly for anything except budget. TSA, all his IGR, what has he done with it? He’s never accounted for anything.”
On the possibility of collaboration for the benefit of the FCT, Kingibe said Wike has ignored her attempts to reach out.
Wike Orders ‘Heightened’ Security In FCT, Reactivates ‘Operation Sweep’
Wike orders ‘heightened’ security in FCT, reactivates ‘operation sweep’. Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has directed security agencies to intensify surveillance and strengthen security operations across Abuja, the nation’s capital, as part of renewed efforts to curb criminal activities in the territory.
Speaking on Tuesday at the formal resumption of “Operation Sweep”, Miller Dantawaye, FCT commissioner of police, said the minister had provided the logistics and operational support required for the exercise.
Dantawaye said the operation is being carried out by a joint security team comprising the military, the police, the Department of State Services (DSS) and other agencies already deployed across strategic locations in the capital city.
The police commissioner said the team has been tasked with working more aggressively to prevent kidnappings, banditry and other crimes, especially as the festive season draws nearer.
He added that service chiefs and the inspector-general of police (IGP) have also granted full approval for the renewed operation.
“The FCT minister, His Excellency Nyesom Wike, has given complete support, especially in terms of logistics for this operation,” Dantawaye said.
“By the time we leave here today, the funds for fuelling and servicing of vehicles, as well as allowances for personnel, will have dropped into an account we can access.”
Operation Sweep
Dantawaye also said part of the renewed operation will focus on profiling individuals loitering around the city under the guise of begging, noting that some of them have been found to engage in criminal activities.
“We know that amongst the people who claim to be beggars, some are not exactly beggars. Most come with criminal intent,” he said.
“We are going to profile them and take off the streets those who are criminally minded, even if they claim to be beggars.”
He added that the police will work with relevant agencies, including the Abuja environmental protection board (AEPB), to determine the appropriate legal steps to manage street begging and ensure overall safety in the city.
Army Bosses To Wike: “The Soldier’s Reaction Is The Courage Of A Disciplined Soldier”
Army Bosses to Wike: “The Soldier’s reaction is the courage of a disciplined soldier”. Here is the view of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) about the stand-off between Wike and Yerima in Abuja.
“Every soldier has an element of madness…
For while the right thinking man withdraws from danger, a soldier charges towards it
GENERAL OO OLUYEDE OFR
CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF”.
The Nigerian Defence Academy does not produce docile officers. The officer’s response reflects admirable composure and emotional intelligence-qualities that lie at the heart of military leadership training.
His ability to remain calm, firm, and respectful under verbal provocation demonstrates discipline and professionalism.
Army Bosses To Wike
Nevertheless, it is both unfortunate and inappropriate for a federal minister to use such language toward a serving officer of the Armed Forces.
Public officials should model civility and restraint, especially when addressing those in uniform who embody national service and sacrifice”.
Notwithstanding, the case is subject to my scrutiny.
Orji Kalu Backs Trump, Says “Nigerian Christians Subjected To ‘Mass Slaughter’ By Jihadists”
Orji Kalu backs Trump, says “Nigerian Christians subjected to ‘mass slaughter’ by Jihadists”. Senator Orji Kalu has backed American President Donald Trump’s allegation that Christians in Nigeria are being targeted for massacre by “Jihadists”.
Senator Orji Kalu has backed American President Donald Trump’s allegation that Christians in Nigeria are being targeted for massacre by “Jihadists”.
Mr Kalu made this statement when asked on Tuesday at the National Assembly about his take on Mr Trump’s recent comments on alleged Christian genocide in the country.
“What Donald Trump said, “is it a lie? It is not a lie because Donald Trump said the Truth,” replied Mr Kalu.
In a social media post in October, Mr Trump said, “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria. Thousands of Christians are being killed. Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter. I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’ — But that is the least of it.”
The senator noted, however, that “Nigerians are being killed, whether they are Christians or Muslims”.
“If they (terrorists) kill in Plateau, those they kill are Christians. If they go to Benue, the majority of people they’ll kill are Christians,” explained the former Abia governor. “If they go to Zamfara, the people they will kill in the mosque are Muslims. These people are jihadists. These people just want to destroy Nigeria. We should blacklist them without pity so that they will be smoked out.”
Mr Kalu added, “Before President Trump says a word, the American intelligence community must have found out where these terrorists are located. You can see that the Nigerian Air Force is already acting, possibly using information shared by the U.S. to bomb terrorist hideouts. That’s how it should be.”
Orji Kalu Says
Following up on his initial post, the U.S. president said, “If the Nigerian government continues to allow the k1lling of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians! WARNING: THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT BETTER MOVE FAST!”
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