{"id":71975,"date":"2025-08-04T11:34:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71975"},"modified":"2025-08-04T11:34:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T11:34:38","slug":"wike-fct-transformation-requires-time-not-instant-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/04\/wike-fct-transformation-requires-time-not-instant-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike: FCT Transformation Requires Time, Not Instant Fixes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said it is unrealistic to expect a complete transformation of the FCT within two years.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a recent media parley, Wike defended the pace of his administration\u2019s reforms, stressing that sustainable development must prioritize quality over speed.<\/p>\n<p>He dismissed the public\u2019s fixation on numbers, particularly in the education sector, arguing that quality remains paramount.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would prefer to have three universities where we can talk about quality, rather than just increasing the number,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He applied the same principle to healthcare, insisting it is impossible to fully equip hospitals across all districts in just two years.<\/p>\n<p>Wike acknowledged the disorder in the FCT\u2019s transport system, describing it as \u201cchaotic,\u201d but assured that plans are underway to restore order.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that governance is a gradual process that requires long-term planning rather than quick fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to concerns over the perceived silence of his mandate secretaries, Wike dismissed the criticism and cautioned the media against dictating how his administration should engage with the public.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that he exercises strict oversight of his appointees and all project approvals.<\/p>\n<p>To showcase ongoing progress, Wike revealed plans to inaugurate rehabilitated schools soon, a move he said would reflect concrete improvements in the FCT\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Anifowoshe Oladipupo Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said it is unrealistic to expect a complete transformation of the FCT within two years. Speaking during a recent media parley, Wike defended the pace of his administration\u2019s reforms, stressing that sustainable development must prioritize quality over speed. He dismissed the public\u2019s fixation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":71976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71975","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71975"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71977,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71975\/revisions\/71977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}