The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday, said President Bola Tinubu wants an FCT minister who can interface with residents of the capital city and not the one that sits only in his office.
Wike disclosed this during his Thank You Visit to the stakeholders in Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, for ensuring the election of supporters of President Bola Tinubu in the February 21 Area Council elections.
He urged residents of the FCT never to allow politicians to deceive them just to get votes.
Wike said: “Never again will we allow politicians to deceive us, never again will we sit in a place and they come and tell us stories and after voting, you won’t see anybody again; will you allow that to happen again? Agreement is agreement.
“If you say do this for me and when you have done your own, I will not give you excuse, I must do my own.
“One of the things the president wanted us to do is that he does not want to have a Minister of FCT who can’t interact with the people, he wants a minister who will find out from the people what do they want, he will not have a Minister who will sit in their offices without knowing what the people want.
“I have gone to Apo and I said if you do these for us I will come back and say thank you and today we have come to tell you thank you,” he added.