Different political interests are responding to comments made by Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wika during a media chat on Thursday.
Spokesman of the Coalition Movement Bolaji Abdullahi of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in a statement said they have taken note of the unjustified attacks launched on the various leaders of the coalition movement by the minister
Mr. Abdullahi said they find Wike’s behaviour incompatible with the office of a Federal Minister, and that this “Wike could only descend to that level because of his mortal fear of the threat that the successful unveiling of the coalition of opposition political parties constitutes to the government that he serves”.
He stated that had the ruling APC government kept their promises to the Nigerian people, the coalition movement would not have been necessary and he would not have had a need to be so jittery.
Non Payment of Salaries
“If minister Wike had paid the salaries of primary school teachers who have been on strike for several months and if he had not treated FCT workers with so much contempt, while he goes about commissioning white elephant projects running into billions of Naira, he would have had no need to be afraid of the coalition,” he said.
On the minister’s claim during the media chat that the coalition leaders are driven only by grievances.
Bolaji Abdullahi said “If we have any grievances, it is the way the government he is a part of has driven majority of Nigerians into poverty and misery. We are aggrieved to see children of the poor unable to get education because he would not pay their teachers’ salaries. We are aggrieved to watch the growing insecurity in the FCT that he superintends. We are aggrieved that minister Wike had allowed himself to be used by the government he serves to destroy one of the most powerful political parties in Africa, the PDP”.
Coalition Promises
Abdullahi explained that the coalition movement belongs to the Nigerian people who had been promised renewed hope, but have not witnessed that “Therefore, no amount of tirade against the leaders of the coalition could stem the tide of this popular movement”.
The coalition movement is made up of prominent politicians from different political parties especially the PDP, which was in power for 16 years, and have come together on the platform of African Democratic Congress, ADC, to challenge President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 general election.
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