The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that Nigeria’s full financial restoration relies upon fully on sustaining the daring reform insurance policies initiated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Addressing hundreds of supporters, conventional rulers, and political stakeholders at a Rainbow Coalition Townhall assembly in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government……
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that Nigeria’s full financial restoration relies upon fully on sustaining the daring reform insurance policies initiated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Addressing hundreds of supporters, conventional rulers, and political stakeholders at a Rainbow Coalition Townhall assembly in Ogba-Egbema-Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State, Wike asserted that solely the continuation of the present administration’s financial path can completely pull the nation again from the brink of collapse.
Recalling his political steering to the state forward of the earlier basic election, the minister pressured that the laborious financial selections being applied right this moment have been vital treatments to salvage a system that was nearly useless when President Tinubu took workplace.
“Only the continuation of the financial reforms initiated by the Tinubu authorities can carry this nation again from the financial comatose it was in earlier than this current administration took over.
“When in 2023 I came here, I pleaded with you and said, ‘Listen, no matter how difficult it may sound, it is better for us to go the way I was going.’ So many people were afraid, but to the glory of God, we can see that we never made a mistake.”
Framing the 2027 presidential election round nationwide financial stability, Wike urged residents to not give up the nation’s progress to profession politicians and political opportunists, whom he likened to power pool bettors who repeatedly gamble with public belief.
He singled out former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, warning that supporting politicians who’ve made decades-long pursuits for energy would imply diverting nationwide funds to recoup misplaced marketing campaign bills slightly than consolidating financial positive aspects.
“Do not put your future into the palms of political gamblers or kalo-kalo gamers. Look at a person who has run for President for years—Atiku Abubakar.
“Every time he will try. If you make a mistake and support him, what you are doing is supporting him to recover all the money he has spent for those eight years. We cannot put your destiny in their hands,” he mentioned.
Wike additionally took purpose at former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, dismissing his public engagements—comparable to treadmill exercises and staged birthday visits to IDP camps—as superficial politics designed to deceive the general public.
“People should pick a stance and tell themselves: ‘This is who I am,’ not changing like a chameleon. Tinubu is the person who has shown true direction,” he added.
Reaffirming that management should be judged by previous governance data, Wike leveled an in depth critique in opposition to former Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (2007–2015), questioning how state sources have been managed below his tenure earlier than his present ambition to run for Vice President below the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The Minister challenged his predecessor to account for main capital allocations in Rivers State
“If I come now to marketing campaign, you will need to ask me: the one we gave you earlier than, how far?
Explaining the political technique behind the cross-party Rainbow Coalition motion, Wike acknowledged that delivering financial restoration requires complete alignment between the Executive and the National Assembly.
He urged voters to assist candidates below the All Progressives Congress (APC) alignment—together with Senate, House of Representatives candidates to make sure legislative cooperation for President Tinubu’s financial coverage agenda.
Wike referred to as on occasion leaders and neighborhood mobilizers to organize for an amazing turnout on election day.
“I want total mobilization on the 16th of January 2027. Everybody mobilized—make sure we vote and win decisively to protect our collective future,” he declared.
Earlier on the Palace of the Oba of Ogba Land, Nwachukwu Obuoha-Obi III, in Omoku, the minister appealed to the standard leaders to assist Tinubu’s re-election bid
He asserted that though conventional fathers stay non-partisan, the alternatives made in political governance immediately affect the peace, financial welfare, and infrastructure of their communities.
Expressing gratitude to the monarch for receiving him and his entourage, Wike famous that his go to was geared toward enlightening the grassroots and conventional establishments on the political realities forward of 2027.
Responding, Oba Obuoha-Obi assured Wike that the dominion stands totally united behind the President’s management.
“It is only a wicked man whose heart has no God in it, that sees his brother going for something good and he begins to pull the building on his bed. Such one should not prosper,” he mentioned.
Highlighting the important function of the area in nationwide unity, Obuoha-Obi famous that supporting Tinubu was important for securing political voice, financial improvement, and sustainable progress for the individuals of Ogbaland.
On his half, the Executive Chairman of the LGA, Dr Chukwu Shedrack, counseled Wike for his historic improvement tasks within the council, together with street development, hospital upgrades, and human capital investments
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Dr. Shedrack highlighted a number of native governance achievements aligned with Wike’s management mannequin.
Reaffirming ONELGA’s political dedication to the Tinubu administration’s financial restoration drive, Shedrack pledged an entire block vote for the APC throughout all elective positions in 2027.
“Your Excellency, we are fully mobilised, ward by ward, unit by unit. Come the 2027 general elections, ONELGA people will deliver 100 per cent, from President to National Assembly and House of Assembly—no vote will drop,” Shedrack assured.
