The announcement was made on Tuesday despite the Minister still being a member of the Peoples Democratic Party
Browsing: Nyesom Wike
The FCT Emergency Management Agency (FCT FEMA) said in a statement that two victims have died, while 37 others were evacuated and taken to the hospital.
Wike made the rebuttal shortly after a visit to Metro Train Station, Abuja Wednesday to inspect ongoing rehabilitation of Abuja Rail Mass Transport System.
He unveiled this directive while sternly addressing the leadership teams of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) and Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA).
Wike told journalists during a visit to the ARMT Metro Station, in Abuja, that the measure was part of his resolve to address challenges affecting public transportation in the FCT.
Specifically, he ordered the Director in charge of the Abuja Environmental Protection Boar to clean up the city.
Wike stated this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday to announce the short, medium, and long term plans to overhaul the FCT and reposition it among the best cities in the world.
Wike, who took his oath of office alongside 44 other newly appointed Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, gave the warning during a press briefing at the office of the FCT Minister in Garki, Abuja, on Monday.
Wike and 44 other Ministers were inaugurated on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The two arrived at FCTA at about 1:20 pm after the swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential villa, Monday.
Dokubo-Asari also congratulated Festus Keyamo SAN, Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, and Hon. Nkiruka Onyejeocha, Minister of State, Labour and Employment.
Finally, President Bola Tinubu has made public the full list of offices of his recently screened Ministers
Ajuri Ngelale, Presidential spokesman, confirmed the portfolios at Aso Rock on Wednesday.
Ajuri Ngelale, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja
The immediate past Governors of Rivers and Ebonyi States, Nyesome Wike and Dave Umahi, were appointed as Ministers of FCT and Minister of Works, respectively.
“In whatever capacity the president will not regret nominating me as a minister,’’ he told the Senate’s ministerial screening committee.
Wike spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of Governor Siminialayi Fubara’s N195.3 billion Port Harcourt Ring Road.
Wike was a two-term Governor on the platform of the PDP, but has been relating with the APC in recent times.
Akpabio, a former two-term Akwa Ibom State governor, spoke on at a thanksgiving reception for Wike on Sunday.
Wike stated this in a live television interview on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the River State capital.