{"id":70670,"date":"2025-07-15T18:28:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70670"},"modified":"2025-07-15T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:28:52","slug":"appointing-wike-was-a-mistake-says-senator-kingibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/15\/appointing-wike-was-a-mistake-says-senator-kingibe\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointing Wike Was a Mistake, Says Senator Kingibe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has described President Bola Tinubu\u2019s appointment of Nyesom Wike as FCT Minister as a major political blunder.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a recent interview, Kingibe said the President erred by choosing someone from outside the North for a role traditionally occupied by northern politicians.<\/p>\n<p>While she acknowledged that the region of origin should not matter in principle, she insisted Wike&#8217;s leadership style has caused more harm than good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was one of President Tinubu\u2019s biggest mistakes,\u201d Kingibe said. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time an FCT Minister is coming from outside the North, and though that\u2019s not the issue, the way he has handled the office is where the problem lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She accused Wike of running the FCT with a \u201cmilitary-style\u201d approach, citing his demolition campaigns, disregard for elected officials, and focus on politically driven projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not Port Harcourt,\u201d she said, referencing Wike\u2019s past as Governor of Rivers State. \u201cAbuja deserves inclusive governance and respect for its unique status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kingibe\u2019s comments reflect growing dissatisfaction among some FCT stakeholders over Wike\u2019s policies and style.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions rise over governance, representation, and rising living costs in Abuja, the Minister&#8217;s role remains under public scrutiny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat &nbsp; Senator Ireti Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has described President Bola Tinubu\u2019s appointment of Nyesom Wike as FCT Minister as a major political blunder. Speaking in a recent interview, Kingibe said the President erred by choosing someone from outside the North for a role traditionally occupied by northern [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":70671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70672,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70670\/revisions\/70672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}