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By Myke Agunwa
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has charged Abuja residents to reciprocate the goodwill extended to them by President Bola Tinubu by ensuring that he returns to power in 2027.
This is as Wike said he wiill support anyone who supports the President, urging residents to “support those that the government will listen to.”
Wike made the declaration on Thursday in Karu a satellite town in Abuja during the flag-off of Lot 2 of Water Supply Projects.
The minister hailed former Senator representing the FCT, Sen. Philip Aduda, and the Chairman of the Abuja Municipal Area Council, Christopher Maikalangu, for bringing development to the people, while promising the construction of a 2-kilometer road in Karu site, at the request of Aduda.
He further described the AMAC Chairman, Maikalangu, as “very good and hardworking,” noting that he had used his access to government to deliver several projects to his residents in the area council. He promised that his administration will do whatever he is asked if he (Maikalangu) wins his re-election as council chairman.
“There is a road where you said is about 2 kilometers, is it not? Consider it done. You know, one thing about government and politics, support those who have the capacity to bring something to the people. Support those that the government will listen to.
“From what happened now, you see that Aduda, the government, has his ear where he is. And that’s why the government said where is that road he mentioned? Consider it done.
“You can see that since he (Maikalangu) became the Chairman of AMAC, he has brought government to do Saburi Road, he has brought the government to do Kabusa-Takushere Road, he has brought government to redo this road. He has brought government to do Deidei Road.
“For me, I’m here to talk about those who have access to government and bring something to the people.
“The chairman has access to us. Anything he tells us, we will do. This is the only man I know. If he wins as chairman of AMAC, we will give him whatever he wants. I don’t know the party he belongs to. But I know that he supports Tinubu. Anybody who supports Tinubu, I will support him,” Wike said.
Wike remarked that past governments failed to provide the needs of the people, particularly water to the communities in Karu, noting that the government of Tinubu has fulfilled its promise to provide potable water to satellite towns.
“We have had a government who stayed here for five years, isn’t that correct? We have had a government who stayed here for eight years too, is that correct? Has any government come to say, look, we will provide you water? Have you had water before? Did this government promise it will give you water? Have we come now to give you water?
“So, you believe you have a covenant with this government. And the covenant is like somebody said, agreement is agreement. So, the people of Karu, you will readily remember the government that remembers you, is it not correct?
“Will you remember those who had the opportunity and they refused to do anything for you? Will you remember those who left Karu unattended, will you remember them? So, we have come to fulfil the promise we made to you, that you must have clean and potable water,” he stated.
Sen. Aduda represented the FCT at the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from 2011 to 2019, before losing the seat in the 2023 general elections to Sen. Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party.
Meanwhile, Maikalangu is seeking re-election as Chairman of AMAC in the forthcoming February 2026 Area Council elections, on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, after defecting from the PDP in 2024.