{"id":112597,"date":"2024-06-18T11:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112597"},"modified":"2024-06-18T11:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T10:46:41","slug":"fct-southern-leaders-urge-wike-to-ignore-distractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/fct-southern-leaders-urge-wike-to-ignore-distractors\/","title":{"rendered":"FCT: Southern leaders urge Wike to ignore distractors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"I_ZkbNhI D_FY W_6D6F\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body\">\n<div class=\"msg-body P_wpofO mq_AS\" data-test-id=\"message-view-body-content\">\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"yiv3730184398\">\n<div>Some leaders from southern Nigeria have advised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, to ignore political distractors bent on frustrating his efforts to transform the area.<\/p>\n<p>The group advised on Monday while addressing newsmen in Abuja under the auspices of the Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>It said that the appointment of Wike by President Bola Tinubu was one of the best decisions of the administration.<\/p>\n<p>The National Coordinator of the group, Mr Raphael Okorie, said that the minister had achieved in nine months, what former ministers could not in eight years.<\/p>\n<p>Okorie appealed to Nigerians to be patient with Tinubu, saying that he was striving to fix the economy, restore security and bring relief to Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWike has done a lot in just nine months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that there are people who want to distract him from replicating his sterling performance in Rivers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is not even bothered about the crisis in Rivers. He is busy with developing Abuja,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>It further said that Wike had transformed the FCT, adding that it was strongly behind him and praying for him to succeed as minister.<\/p>\n<p>Okorie said that the group had taken time to assess the performance of the administration of President Tinubu and Wike, adding that both were poised to urgently deliver the dividend of the Renewed Hope Agenda as promised.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, from the rapid infrastructure development to\u00a0 stabilising the economy, there is no doubt that Nigeria is on the part of recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere, thereto, we micromanaged the value of the naira against other currencies of the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further contended that the country\u2019s infrastructure development became stunted before the inception of Tinubu\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>Okorie said that the international community could not invest in Nigeria \u201cbecause of inconsistent policies and over interference by the government in the affairs of the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConfidence in our economy that hit its highest under the former President Goodluck Jonathan\u2019s administration was completely eroded, Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) were near zero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, we have attained relative and realistic stability in the management of the naira and FDI is growing by the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe private sector is getting the required support to grow and produce what we consume.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal 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 shortchanged by those that have invaded to destroy our dear nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur praises also go to Mr Project, Nyesom Wike for proving the president is right in appointing him as the minister of the nation\u2019s capital,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the minister had succeeded in bringing insecurity, which was a major challenge in Abuja, under control within the six months of his appointment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the entire territory is relatively safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not there yet, but with Wike in charge, we are optimistic that FCT will be completely safe soon,\u201d Okorie said.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to the president to ignore those that were plotting to have Wike removed as FCT minister, and urged Tinubu to continue to support him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also call on residents of the FCT to join hands and support Wike to succeed,\u201d Okorie said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jb_0 X_6MGW N_6Fd5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"H_7jIs D_F ab_C Q_69H5 E_36RhU\" data-test-id=\"toolbar-hover-area\">\n<div class=\"D_F W_6D6F r_BN gl_C\" data-test-id=\"card-toolbar\">\n<div class=\"D_F ab_C en_0 b_Z14vXdP e_3mS2U I_ZkbNhI P_Z1otBpf\">\n<hr class=\"M_0 P_0 cn_0\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some leaders from southern Nigeria have advised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Chief Nyesom Wike, to ignore political distractors bent on frustrating his efforts to transform the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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