By Jude Opara
National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ajibola Basiru, has said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, works for the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Basiru clarified that although Wike is not a member of the APC, he is working for the APC-led federal government headed by Tinubu.
Featuring on TVC’s Beyond The Headlines, monitored in Abuja, Basiru said the level of infrastructural development witnessed across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) over the past two and a half years contributed significantly to the party’s success in the recent FCT local government elections.
He noted that the improvements were evident not only in urban centers but also in suburban communities, describing the minister’s performance as “sterling.”
Basiru added that the minister’s administrative efforts, alongside the party’s strategic engagement and careful selection of candidates with credible political track records across different parties, played a key role in the APC’s electoral victory in the FCT.
He maintained that the effective delivery of democratic dividends under the current FCT administration cannot be separated from the party’s success at the polls.
According to Basiru: “Wike is not a member of our party, but he works for an APC government headed by Tinubu.
“When you see the massive infrastructural development that has occurred in the FCT, not only in the urban areas, but even in the suburbs.
“In the past two and half years, you’ll discover that the sterling performance of the FCT Minister together with the engagement that our party has done and the careful selection of candidates who have the history of a sterling different political parties have contributed to APC’s victory in the FCT local government elections.
“So you can’t discountenance effective administrative deployment of the dividends of democracy in the FCT under the present FCT administration from the success of our party in that election.”
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