Those Calling For Wike’s Sack Do Not Mean Well For Tinubu – North Central APC

The North-Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum has condemned calls for the resignation of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Abia Radio News reports that the Secretary of the APC, Senator Ajibola Basiru, recently asked Wike to resign from his position as minister and concentrate on his obsession with the politics of Rivers State.

Reacting in a statement by its Chairman, Saleh Zazzaga, on Monday, the North-Central APC Forum asserted that Wike has made commendable achievements since he became the FCT Minister.

They insisted that he should be left alone to continue his work in the FCT, which it described as part of the North-Central.

According to the Forum, calls for Wike’s resignation or removal amount to an attempt to derail the development of the FCT and throw away the gains recorded in the territory by the Tinubu administration.

The APC Forum stressed that it has no interest in the political crisis in Rivers State, as, according to it, its only concern was the development of the FCT and by extension, the North-Central.

The group equally stated that it has no interest in joining issues with the APC leaders who have called for Wike’s resignation.

However, it warned those behind the calls to desist, advising them to avoid mass protests in the FCT.

The statement read in part, “The North-Central All Progressives Congress, APC, Forum rejects calls for the resignation of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. The minister is performing well in the FCT under an APC administration, and we frown at such calls, especially as it concerns the development of the FCT, which is part of the North-Central.

“Some people stayed eight years as FCT minister without anything to show for it but under two years Wike has turned the FCT around. Yet some people who we believe are serving their selfish interests are calling for his resignation. This is highly condemnable and we will not allow it, even if the calls are coming from leaders of the party.

“It is wrong for anybody who is considered as a party leader to be calling for Wike’s resignation on the grounds that he is not a member of the APC.

“We don’t want to join issues with the persons that are making these calls but we advise them to back off.

“Wike is somebody that has added value to this administration, especially when it comes to infrastructural development in the FCT. It is offensive and deeply worrisome to us that people who are supposed to be leaders of the party, particularly the national secretary and the national chairman, are antagonizing him by asking him to resign.

“We believe that those making this call, as well as others calling for Wike’s sack, do not mean well for President Bola Tinubu’s administration. They also do not want the development of this country.

“As for us in the North-Central APC Forum, what we are after is the development of our region, and we know that Mr President is only interested in the development of the country, to which Wike is contributing a lot.”