Why President Tinubu appointed Nyesom Wike Minister of the Federal Republic
Why President Tinubu appointed Nyesom Wike Minister of the Federal Republic
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio on Friday gave an insight into why former governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike, was nominated into the Federal Executive Council (FEC) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Akpabio spoke at a book launch to mark the 57th birthday celebration of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Port Harcourt, according to a statement by his special assistant on media, Jackson Udom in Abuja.
Akpabio described Wike as a workaholic public officer and someone who gives his best at any office he found himself saying, “Let me tell you why you were nominated into the FEC by President Tinubu despite being an opposition politician.
“Your performance, as a local government chairman, Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Government, Minister and two-term governor gave you the job.
“You have made us proud as the FCT minister. You have turned Abuja into a model city befitting the capital of a country. You are a very committed public officer who has no room for excuses on any given task.
“In less than two years, you have turned Abuja into a huge construction site.”
Speaking further, Akpabio said, “today we gather to celebrate not just the years in your life, but the life in your years. We have come to honour not just the duration of your life but the donation of your life and the countless ways you’ve enriched the lives of the people around you.
“Born in the tumultuous year of 1967, when the fabric of our nation was being tested in the fires of conflict, you emerged, my dear Wike, not in the safety of calm waters but amid the storm itself. You might have chosen to arrive in more tranquil times, but instead, you bravely came forth into the fray.
