By Ismaila Jimoh, Abuja
Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka has said that the regular verbal attack on the Minister by the Senator representing FCT at the National Assembly, Ireti Kingibe was due to her impending electoral woe owing to the good performances of the Minister.
Olayinka stated this in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, saying the Senator appears to have been blinded by the electoral woe awaiting her in the next election which made it impossible for her to see numerous positive transformation going on across the territory.
The Senator Kingibe had said on a television program that President Bola Tinubu’s biggest mistake was making Wike Minister of FCT.
But the FCT Minister’s spokesman challenged Senator Kingibe to go to communities like Saburi, Dei Dei, Kabusa, Ketti, Yangoji, Pai, Gomani, Gishiri, Kwaita, Yebu, Yangoji, Sukuku, Ebo, Ushafa and others that now have good roads, to mount the rostrum and tell the people that President Tinubu made a mistake by appointing Wike as FCT Minister.
“Most importantly, she can also visit traders in the Apo Mechanic Village, whose dream of being relocated to a permanent site is being fulfilled more than 15 years after, as well as those residing along Apo-Wasa road, and tell them it was a mistake that Wike was appointment as FCT Minister.
“In Abaji, Federal Capital Territory University, Abaji (FCTU), a university established close to 15 years ago, but was abandoned, is now witnessing a massive infrastructural development. Also, general renovation of 22 schools have been done in the last 12 months while renovation of more 40 others is ongoing.
“As expected of someone already blinded by the spirit of a coming defeat, Ireti, alias Kingibe won’t see all these. Reason is, she knows that in 2027, she won’t be able to retain the Senate seat she accidentally got in 2023. She knows that the factor that got her to the Senate is no longer available and she is desperate to use attacks on Wike to gain political leverage.
“it is funny that someone who is impersonating by using the name of Ambassador Baba Gana Kingibe, that is no longer her husband, believes that jumping from one television station to the other to disparage the FCT Minister will revive her dead political career, ” Olayinka stated.
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