Friday, June 6, 2025 - The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that there is a cabal in the Bola Tinubu-led government.
Wike dismissed this claim while speaking at the 2025 OAU
Distinguished Personality Lecture in Ile-Ife, the Osun State capital, on
Thursday, June 5.
“He has
shown that he has the courage. Under Tinubu, there is nothing like cabal. This
is a president that is in charge” he said
The minister stated that all former Nigerian presidents,
including Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, were not bold enough to
remove the petrol subsidy and unify the foreign exchange rates.
Wike said so many people would still be benefiting from fuel
subsidy fraud had Tinubu not removed it.
He said, though Nigeria has underperformed in the last six
decades since independence, and all imaginable fault lines are cracking, the
nation can still rise and blaze in glory if the right governance frameworks are
put in place.
The minister stressed the rebuilding of trust and the
strengthening of the cord of unity in diversity for Nigeria to forge forward.
He said the desired Nigeria won’t fall from heaven but will
require the vision, sacrifice, hard work and purpose of all citizens. “Let us
leave for the next generation to resolve and not regret,” he said, urging all
Nigerians to be committed to the nation’s building.
The politician took a swipe at his detractors, calling for
his removal as minister. He said something was wrong with those who claimed he
lacked the capacity to deliver.
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