By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)Nyesom Wike has taunted promoters of coalition to unseat president Bola Tinubu in 2027.
He said the spate of infrastructural development in the Federal Capital City and satellite towns courtesy of Tinubu will continue to give people that didn’t believe in the progress ‘blood pressure’.
Wike teased them, saying they should prepare for more blood pressure as the inauguration of other completed projects continue.
He stated this on Wednesday, during his remarks at the inauguration of 3.7 kilometre arterial road N16 to arterial N20 (Shehu Shagari way).
Wike said the spate of good works under the watch of Tinubu have killed coalition in the country.
He said the road was awarded by Tinubu’s administration not an inherited project, commending the president for being passionate about execution of projects in the nation’s capital.
Wike explained that in the past, contractors were not willing to work without mobilisation money but because of the confidence they have in the current FCT Administration, they embark on projects before payment.
He said, “This project is not one of those projects that were inherited. Having worked with Tinubu for a few years, I have seen how passionate he is about violation of contracts and abandonment of them.
“This job was awarded by the Federal Executive Council September, 2024 and we flagged it off in October of the same year.
“I told the contractors that, I don’t want to hear complaints. Whatever it will take you to do your job, do it. If I pay you under rainy season, you must work under rainy season.
“If I pay you in dry season, you must work in dry season. I don’t want to hear that, oh, the rain was too much. Return the money so that we can keep it. After the rain, we can pay you. You can’t keep our money when we have paid you, then you say it is raining, No. Send our money back.
“There is nothing people that don’t wish us well can do. So, sir, Abuja people say I should tell you that they are happy. That even though you have given us 10 days, the other remaining days will be shared by the VP, President of the senate, and Speaker. But please help us, so that these people who say they are not happy, their blood pressure will go up.
“By Friday, we’ll go to Apo, 15- kilometer road to Wassa. By Monday, we’ll be in N5, Life Camp. By Tuesday, INEC headquarters. So, they wouldn’t know what to do. Coalition is bound to fail, and it has failed”.
