Friday, June 7, 2024 -Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has hit back at Nigerians who criticized him for asking permanent secretaries to bow before President Bola Tinubu.
While speaking at the Commissioning of the
Aerial Road N20 Expressway in the FCT some days ago, the Minister directed the
permanent secretaries in the FCT to file out and bow before President Tinubu
who was present at the commissioning.
His action was widely condemned by
some Nigerians who felt it was a slight on the permanent secretaries to be
ordered to bow before the President
Reacting to criticisms which trailed
the directive, Wike said the action was to show
appreciation to the President who granted
approval for the appointment of the permanent secretaries whom he said had
earlier lost hope in their career progression.
“Two days ago, when the President came, we
tried to thank him for what he did in making sure that those who had already
lost hope in their career progression got to the peak of their career.
Before now, FCTA did not have
permanent secretaries. But with Mr. President’s renewed hope, he said they must
get to the peak of their careers by getting to the position of permanent
secretary and head of the civil service, if possible. Mr. President granted
that, and then I called out the permanent secretaries who are the beneficiaries
to come out and take a bow and thank Mr. President.
It is an honour to be called out to take a
bow, but some human beings can never see anything good. Instead, they are
criticising, saying, ‘How will you call people who are permanent secretaries
and ask them to take a bow?
In my place,
when someone does not have anything good to say about you, they will say, ‘look
at him’. Instead of you to commend Mr. President for doing well, for giving
hope to those that didn’t have hope before.”
Watch a video of him asking the Permanent
Secretaries to bow before the President below…
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