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A senior aide to the former Senator who represented Delta North Senatorial District in the 9th Senate, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, Philip Elueme has described as best and most deserved the appointment of former Governor Nyesom Wike as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
He noted that patriots of South-South geopolitical extraction deemed it the best to happen to the region in the annals of Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power since creation in 1976.
In a statement issued in Abuja and signed by the Anioma, Delta State-born grassroots mobiliser, Elueme noted that with the appointment of a core progressive who he sees as a hero and agent of change and accelerated development, in the person of Wike, the region’s patriots dead, or alive are impressed with the appointment, seen as first of its kind from the Niger – Delta region.
Commending President Tinubu for the appointment, Elueme said the late environmental activists, Kenule Sarowiwa, Professor Claude Ake and Adaka Boro among others, symbolically, will be dancing in their graves over the appointment of former Rivers State helmsman.
The statement congratulated Wike and all well-meaning Niger Deltans who share in the spirit and philosophy of the struggle for the region’s growth and development.
“Since 1976 no South-South indigene has occupied the position of the FCT minister. It’s a watershed appointment by President Tinubu hence, all traditional rulers, youths, women and all stakeholders in the Niger Delta project feel a sense of accomplishment and recognition by Mr President.” Elueme stated.
He added: “it is expected that Wike will deploy his rich public sector resume as an energetic, patriotic, dynamic workaholic to usher in an urban renewal plan based on knowledge management principles, that will be built according to some experts, on the principles of global best practices: “Create shared value for the long term public interest; build inclusiveness with stakeholders participation; take a long term sustainable view of planning process; agree on design standards and Strive to maximize net community benefits by adopting a rigorous cost benefit analysis and many more towards giving Abuja, the capital city of the black race a massive face-lift.”
