Knocks as Wike Orders Permanent Secretaries to Bow Before Tinubu: "This Joke Isn’t Funny"
- Nyesom Wike, the minister of the FCT, has been seen in a viral video directing his ministry's permanent secretaries to take a bow before Tinubu
- Wike noted that Tinubu should be appreciated for allowing the FCT administration to have permanent secretaries, which was not in existence before his time
- However, the video has generated negative reactions from some Nigerians who were not comfortable with the mode of appreciation shown to the president
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FCT, Abuja - Nigerians have expressed mixed reactions following a viral video of the minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, asking the newly promoted permanent secretaries in his ministry to bow before President Bola Tinubu.
In the video, the minister called out the permanent secretaries to show appreciation to the president for allowing the FCT administration to appoint them as the first permanent secretaries in the ministries.
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The incident happened at the commissioning of the expanded Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) completed by the FCT administration.
Nyesom Wike will be the first FCT minister to constitute the FCT Civil Service Commission and the first minister to appoint permanent secretaries in Nigeria's history.
Reactions as Wike asks permanent secretaries to bow
However, some Nigerians condemned the minister's action in the comment section of the viral video. Below are some of their comments:
Jay Daniel said:
"This joke isn’t funny anymore."
A user with the handle @breakyon3ck commented:
"What sort of condescending attitude is this? So because they gave them jobs, they have to go through a humiliation process to acknowledge it?? Nigeria will not go anywhere with such people."
Another user @jollynony wrote:
"Wike represents everything that is wrong about our politics, bar none."
Valencia Cute stated:
"They now call people out to bow before Tinubu nawa."
Eugene Ohu advised:
“Remember, man, that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Below is the video of the minister:
Tinubu promises Wike his support
Legit.ng earlier reported that Tinubu promised to always support Wike and not let him down.
The president gave the assurance at the Southern Parkway (S8/S9) commissioning, named after him, in Abuja on Tuesday, May 28.
Tinubu's comment came amid tension between Wike and his successor in Rivers state, Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
Proofreading by Nkem Ikeke, journalist and copy editor at Legit.ng.
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