"Minister of the FCT is a Glorified Commissioner": Atiku's Aide Mocks Wike
- Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT, has been mocked by Daniel Bwala, a former aide to Atiku Abubakar, that the former governor was holding a commissioners' position
- Bwala, a SAN, maintained that the FCT minister is a glorified commission by the constitution, urging people to stop massaging the ego of the former Rivers governor
- In his argument, Bwala argued that the FCT minister couldn't attend the National Economic Council meeting because it was not a state and should not be regarded as such
FCT, Abuja - Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has been mocked by Daniel Bwala, a former spokesperson of Atiku Abubakar, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election.
Bwala, in an interview on Channels Television on Thursday, August 31, said the position the former governor of Rivers State was holding was equivalent to the commissioner in a state.
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Stop massaging Wike's ego, Atiku's aide tells Nigerians
He alleged that Nigerians are massaging the ego of the ministers by calling him the governor of the FCT, adding that he was not the FCT governor when we look at it constitutionally.
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He said:
"A minister of the FCT is a glorified commissioner, constitutionally. That is why if FCT were to be a state, FCT would carry the characteristics, functionality and capacity of a state."
Why Wike is not FCT governor, PDP chieftain reveals
He further explained that the minister should be like a governor and attend the economic council of the state meeting if Abuja were to be considered a state.
The PDP chieftain further disclosed that the "constitution in scheduled one" stated the number of states in Nigeria and FCT was not there.
According to the senior advocate of Nigeria, the FCT is bigger than Bayelsa, but the south-south state has three senators, but the FCT does not. He added this to justify the position that the minister is not a governor of the FCT, as many people have assumed.
See the video of the interview here:
"This is the most saddened clip": Reactions as Wike threatened with death
Legit.ng earlier reported that Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT, has been threatened with death by a young herder, captured in a video on a federal highway in Abuja.
The pupil, while herding the cows, was told that the minister was coming, and he said he did not fear him, saying that he was ready to use his charm on him and kill him.
Some Nigerians who reacted to the video condemned the action, adding that the pupil was supposed to be in school, but he was seen herding cows.
Source: Legit.ng
