Southern leaders urge Tinubu to ignore distractors of FCT

“Our praises also go to Mr. Project, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike for proving Mr. President is right in appointing you as the Minister of FCT.” Photo Credit: Victorson Agbenson/Radio Nigeria

Leaders from the Southern part of the country have advised President Bola Tinubu to ignore political distractors who are bent on frustrating the efforts of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the leaders under the aegis of Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPDN), said the appointment of Mr Wike as FCT minister was one of the best decisions of the Tinubu administration.

They argued that the FCT Minister has achieved in nine months what some former Ministers could not do in eight years.

“Wike has done a lot in just nine months. We know that there are people who want to distract him. But he has ignored them. He’s not even bothered about the crisis in Rivers State,” they said.

“He’s busy with developing Abuja. In nine months as FCT Minister, he has transformed the Territory. We want to assure him that we’re with him and we stand behind him to succeed as Minister. And we urge him to ignore those trying to distract him from replicating the wonders he performed in Rivers State.

“We have taken our time to assess the performance of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Wike. There is no doubt that they are set to deliver the dividends of the Renewed Hope Agenda expediently as promised.”

Chief Raphael Okorie, the National coordinator of the Southern movement, also appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Tinubu, as he tries to fix the economy, restore security and provide the needed relief to the citizens.

“Confidence in our economy that hit its highest under the Jonathan administration was completely eroded foreign direct investments were near zero. Today, we have attained relative and realistic stability in the management of the naira, and FDI is growing by the day,” he asserted.

He also said the private sector was receiving the required support to grow and produce the country’s consumption needs.

“Local content is being seriously encouraged and the government has opened its doors to all Nigerians to build an all-inclusive country where no Nigerian is short-changed by those that have invaded to destroy our dear nation,” Chief Okorie explained.

“Your performance is unprecedented and we salute your courage, determination, and output in these nine months. Before the appointment of Wike as FCT Minister, insecurity was a major problem. In less than six months, he addressed the issue head-on.”

He condemned The actions of those whom he said “want to distract Wike from delivering on the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu”, urging the President to “ignore such people and continue to support Wike”.

Chief Okorie also call on residents of the FCT to “join hands together and support Wike to succeed”.