Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that the FCT and Rivers State will ship President Bola Tinubu within the 2027 basic election, as leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and conventional establishments in Abuja pledged help for the president’s re-election bid.
Wike made the declaration on Wednesday throughout an interplay with political stakeholders in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), the place audio system from each events credited his management with fostering political cooperation and selling infrastructure growth throughout the territory.
The minister stated he had been assigned the accountability of coordinating help for Tinubu in Rivers State and the FCT, expressing confidence that each would vote for the president in 2027.
“I used to be given two assignments: to coordinate for Rivers State, to make sure Rivers State is given to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and to make sure the FCT is delivered to Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
To the glory of God, FCT is for Tinubu, Rivers is for Tinubu,” he stated.
He urged residents to help the president, arguing that the administration’s file in infrastructure, governance and political inclusion supplied a foundation for its re-election marketing campaign.
Wike stated the Tinubu administration had addressed longstanding issues over the illustration of FCT indigenes in authorities, significantly their profession development within the civil service.
According to him, indigenous employees beforehand confronted boundaries to attaining senior positions, together with everlasting secretary and Head of Service.
“Before, you could not become a permanent secretary in the FCT. Nobody could become a head of service in the FCT. There was frustration; you could not get to the highest level of your career,” he stated.
He added that the state of affairs had improved with the appointment of everlasting secretaries, the emergence of a Head of Service and the institution of a Civil Service Commission to supervise employment issues within the territory.
The minister additionally cited administrative constructions for ladies and youths as proof of what he described as inclusive governance.
“That is inclusivity. Women can carry their burden to the secretariat, youths can carry their burden to the secretariat, and the government will have to listen to them,” he stated.
On infrastructure, Wike stated his administration had prolonged growth to the six space councils by consultations with conventional rulers, girls, youths and different group stakeholders.
He stated the consultations helped establish precedence initiatives, together with roads, police stations and different important services, which the administration had been addressing.
“Today, the six area councils can boast of roads going to the various areas. It was not like that before. Area councils did not feel the impact of government,” he stated.
Wike disclosed that 12 police stations with residential quarters had been constructed to strengthen safety throughout the FCT.
He additionally promised to finish and fee further infrastructure initiatives, together with roads, within the coming months.
He stated the administration would base its marketing campaign on initiatives delivered and people nonetheless being executed, moderately than relying solely on political rhetoric.
“While different individuals are making ready for election, we’re not going to speak about election; we’re going to discuss commissioning of initiatives.
“Our campaign is our project. Our campaign is to tell you what we have done. Our campaign is, if you give us the support, we will do more,” he stated.
Acknowledging that the Tinubu administration had but to resolve all of the nation’s financial challenges, Wike maintained that it had made important progress inside its first three years.
“We cannot say that this government has solved every problem. No. But within three years, they have solved a lot of problems,” he stated.
He defended the administration’s financial reforms, together with the elimination of gasoline subsidy, arguing that tough selections had been obligatory to deal with the nation’s financial challenges.
The minister urged girls, youths, conventional rulers, group leaders, and political stakeholders to mobilise help for Tinubu, stressing that the end result of the 2027 election would rely upon voter turnout.
He additionally cautioned supporters towards assuming that the president’s re-election was assured, urging political leaders to interact residents instantly and deal with their issues.
The APC and PDP management in AMAC expressed help for Tinubu’s re-election and counseled Wike for bringing members of the 2 events collectively regardless of their longstanding political variations.
The APC Chairman within the FCT, Tanko Yamawo, stated the political cooperation had helped ease tensions that beforehand divided households and communities throughout election durations.
“Before now, when you find yourself approaching election, a few of us don’t speak to our personal brothers as a result of they’re within the different occasion.
“But today, we are sitting in the same room, both APC and PDP, because somebody has changed the narrative of politics,” he stated.
He stated the collaboration was pushed by a shared curiosity in FCT growth, including that the events had been working collectively regardless of their completely different political affiliations.
“Today we are in partnership with PDP for the progress of the people of FCT,” he stated.
Yamawo additionally counseled Tinubu for appointing an FCT indigene as a minister, describing it as a longstanding demand of the territory’s indigenous inhabitants.
“These are things we have gone on the street for years protesting, and this time it was given to us without protest,” he stated.
He additional cited infrastructure initiatives and the mixing of indigenous communities, together with Gishiri and Gwarinpa, as causes for his help for the administration.
Describing Wike as an skilled political chief able to coordinating the marketing campaign within the territory, Yamawo expressed confidence in his management.
“I have boarded the plane, and I will be comfortable, and I will be sleeping with my two eyes closed, as APC has given us Barrister Nyesom Wike as coordinator of our campaign in FCT,” he stated.
Similarly, the FCT Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Ismaila Dogara Yenche, stated the connection between the 2 events had shifted from hostility to cooperation.
“It used to be cat and rat. They could not see themselves in the daytime or in the midnight. But today, rat and cat are eating from the same plate,” Yenche stated.
He attributed the event to Wike’s emphasis on infrastructure and political inclusion, arguing that cooperation would serve the pursuits of FCT residents higher than persistent partisan divisions.
“Instead of us having brothers within ourselves, we should follow that development,” he stated.
Yenche additionally praised the Tinubu administration for what he described as improved illustration of FCT indigenes in nationwide affairs, saying Wike had created alternatives for them to take part extra actively in governance.
He urged political leaders, conventional rulers and residents to help the administration’s growth agenda, expressing confidence that the rising cooperation would translate into votes for Tinubu in 2027.
“What reason do we have? You say that we are not going to support Mr President. Do we have a reason? No! We have no reason,” he stated.
Also talking, the chairman of the Igbo Traditional Rulers Council within the FCT and President-General of the Association of Eze Ndigbo within the 19 Northern States and the FCT, Eze Dr Uche Egenti, MON, counseled Wike for infrastructure growth throughout the territory.
Egenti stated the initiatives had benefited residents regardless of their political, non secular or ethnic backgrounds, urging the FCT Administration to maintain the tempo of growth.
“Irrespective of political party, irrespective of religious inclination and tribal leaning, everybody is enjoying your infrastructural revolution,” he stated.
He expressed appreciation for the transformation underway in Abuja, including that indigenous residents had purpose to acknowledge the administration’s efforts.
“The indigenous residents of Abuja will always have kind words for you for what you are doing, what you have done and what you are doing,” he stated.
Egenti additionally counseled Tinubu and prayed for the president’s good well being and success, whereas urging Wike to proceed implementing initiatives that enhance residents’ welfare.
“We want to say, please keep on doing the good work you are doing,” he stated.
The conventional ruler additional praised the AMAC management for sustaining an open relationship with stakeholders and making itself accessible to group representatives.
