ABUJA MASTER PLAN: Nwuche Urges Nigerians To Rally Behind Wike, Commends President Tinubu
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by Our Correspondent
A political czar, Hon Prince Chibudom Nwuche has called on Nigerians to rally behind the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike in his drive to restore the Abuja master plan and instill discipline in urban development.
Nwuche, who was a Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives recalled that the capital city had deteriorated over the years, with illegal structures dotting the entire land space, which according to him; ‘is becoming a thing of the past in this new dispensation of the FCT minister.
His words: “Those who have lived in Abuja since the return of the democratic dispensation in 1999 can attest to the deterioration of the capital city by illegal structures taking over public spaces, green areas, illegally allocated by unscrupulous officials to cronies, areas for public facilities like fire services/ Police stations were also allocated to individuals.
“How can areas in a capital city not have available spaces for the construction of fire service and Police Stations etc.This was especially under the immediate past minister under whose watch parts of Abuja became like slums, the streets were dirty and unkept, a clear reason why unqualified person should never be appointed to public offices on the basis of nepotism and tribalism.
He commended President Tinubu for making the right decision in picking Wike who is a known achiever and who performed exceptionally as the immediate past governor of Rivers state, and brought development, infrastructure to all local governments and cities in the state.
The political Czar described Wike as detribalized and nationalistic, who will treat all Nigerians equally. The appointment has restored the faith of many Nigerians in our unity,equality as Nigerians and a departure from the nepotism of the past where certain portfolios were reserved for only a part of the country.
Nwuche wondered where those bitterly condemning the minister were during the past administration, where the ministers of FCT did practically nothing but occupy space and allow the Capital city to fall apart.
“No country that desires development should listen to archaic and unexposed persons, be they clerics, former government officials, etc, who prefer when only those from their tribe and religion hold sensitive offices, including the defence and security portfolios in a multi ethnic and multi religious country.
“When one walks into a Nigerian airport, Police stations, Immigration offices, etc, one should see a reflection of our diversity and all tribes fairly represented. Not the one where at Immigration services, Police, Customs, etc, you see a preponderance of one tribe and one religion. These are the issues that have held Nigeria down.
He appealed to people of goodwill to speak up and not allow retrogressives drive down their parochial and divisive agenda.
The political gladiator called on President Tinubu to consolidate on his development strides by appointing more competent nationalists into positions of authority and to remove anyone found to be a tribal or religious bigot, in other to set Nigeria firmly on the path of rapid socio-economic development and for her to join the commity of developed nations.
He said; “We all know the antics of these critics, who only see things good when their tribe are appointed into positions, even when those people are destroying our country on account of their incompetence, bigotry and putting a knife to our national unity, they keep quiet.”
He urged Wike not to be distracted by these critics as Nigerians are much wiser after suffering under incompetent leadership for many years, and understand the antics of these critics. He urged President Tinubu to ignore such people and continue on the part of giving every Nigerian a sense of belonging irrespective of their tribe and religion.
