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Former media aide to the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Bashir Ahmad, has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress, APC, needs a political heavyweight like the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
Ahmad described Wike as very bold, strategic, and unapologetically decisive.
He made the remark in reaction to Wike’s comment that only President Bola Tinubu can sack him.
Speaking in Obi-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Sunday, Wike said Tinubu can sack him when he no longer has anything to offer.
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The Minister, who was reacting to calls by critics that he should be sacked, said the people of Rivers State should be proud of his works in Abuja.
However, Ahmad posted on X: “The ruling All Progressives Congress needs a political heavyweight like Nyesom Wike, very bold, strategic and unapologetically decisive.”
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed criticisms trailing his political choices, insisting that politics is driven by interests, power and the will of the people, not sentiment or emotions.
The minister stated this on Sunday during a ‘thank you’ visit to Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, his political base, where he addressed a supporters and political leaders.
Wike stressed that his decision to venture into politics was deliberate and not accidental.
To his distractors, the minister explained that he chose to be a politician and not a pastor, a trader, a public commentator or journalist, urging them to allow him to play his politics.
Wike said: “I did not say I wanted to be a journalist. I did not say I wanted to shape public opinion through writing. I said clearly that I wanted to be a politician and that is what I am.”
He added that his visit to Obio/Akpor was borne out of gratitude, noting that acknowledging support is a fundamental principle of leadership.
