Ben Idume, Vicar of St. James Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja, has commended President Bola Tinubu as a visionary leader for appointing former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike as a minister, confident in Wike’s capacity to deliver.
Idume made these remarks during a thanksgiving service celebrating the completion of projects undertaken by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, led by Minister Wike.
He expressed gratitude to President Tinubu, stating, “The President, himself, is a visionary president. He can see vision somehow. That was why he saw that this man (Wike) can do something. Tinubu can see vision, whether he closes his eyes or opens them. So, the President is a visionary president, so we thank him for making us happy in the FCT.”
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The vicar highlighted that despite the opposition Wike faced, he has proven his detractors wrong as an FCT minister from Southern Nigeria.
Idume recalled the initial skepticism: “When he became a minister, some people said over their dead bodies, he would not be a minister. ‘How can a Christian be a minister? Have you ever heard it once? How can a southerner be a minister? Have you ever heard it? It can never be done.’”
Expressing optimism, Idume believes Wike will achieve even more before his tenure ends, drawing parallels to his eight-year performance as governor of the oil-rich state. “This church is thankful to God that a Christian minister, a southern minister, has come to rewrite the history of the Federal Capital Territory,” he added.
Wike was accompanied to the service by senior government officials and politicians, including Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo, former Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom, former Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil) Heineken Lokpobiri, suspended Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly Martins Amaewhule, National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party Samuel Anyanwu, and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume.
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