The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised to defeat the senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP), in 2027. Wike made the vow when he flagged of the construction of Mabushi Bus Terminal on Monday in Abuja. He was responding to an earlier media appearance where the senator criticized his performance, so far, as FCT minister.
He said “I overheard somebody on Arise TV, unfortunately, a member of the National Assembly. With all due respect, what you don’t know, you don’t know, and what you know, you know. It is good to admit when you don’t know something so that people can educate you.
“If we have done well, we have done well. If we haven’t, we haven’t. I am proud to say that in the short time Mr. President has appointed us, we have done well.
“You said there were no hospitals. As a legislator, what have you done? How many bills have you sponsored to improve our education and health sectors? I challenge that legislator: if you are very popular, come and run in Abuja in 2027. We will fail you. Do you think what happened last time will happen again? It will not. Luckily for me, I am the FCT minister now, so that is my territory, and I am not afraid.”
“We are not begging anyone to become our friend. We have so many friends we cannot even carry along.
“So how can we go and beg people to become our friends? We are not interested in that. If you are angry that people are praising us, by next year your BP level will go very high because the praises you would see would be too much,” he said.
