Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has again slammed FCT Senator Ireti Kingibe, vowing to ensure she does not return to the National Assembly in the 2027 general elections.
Wike stated this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen during an inspection of ongoing road projects in the FCT.
The Minister described Kingibe as an illiterate, insisting that all loans taken by the FCT Administration followed due process and received National Assembly approval.
Wike’s comments came after Senator Kingibe accused him of taking loans without approval.
He said, “She is an illiterate, with all due respect, and that is why she is not going back to the Senate. She has nothing to offer to the people of the FCT. There is no way you can go and take a loan without the approval of the National Assembly.
“Anytime you take a loan, you will include it in the budget that this aspect of this budget, the government is going to collect loan.”
According to the minister, he would rather not dignify the Senator’s comments with further reaction, describing her as already on her way out of political relevance following what he said was the choice residents had made to back President Bola Tinubu and his preferred candidate for the FCT senatorial seat, Philip Aduda.
“I don’t want to comment about her. When the time is right, let her pack her bags out. The people have made their choice by agreeing to support President Tinubu, and then will support Philip Aduda for Senate. So, let us not waste our time reacting to inferiors who failed in all ramifications. I don’t want to react to it, I am above that,” he said.
