{"id":1725,"date":"2024-03-17T15:07:06","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T15:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2024-03-17T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T15:07:07","slug":"wike-ireti-kingibe-not-pleased-with-the-new-chair-of-the-senate-fct-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/?p=1725","title":{"rendered":"Wike:\u00a0Ireti\u00a0Kingibe\u00a0not\u00a0pleased\u00a0with the new chair of\u00a0the\u00a0Senate\u00a0FCT\u00a0committee."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/category\/inside-nigeria\/fct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FCT<\/a>), has explained why Ireti Kingibe is not in good terms with him.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kingibe, the senator representing FCT, and the minister have not had a good working relationship since they both assumed their respective offices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September 2023, Kingibe said Wike&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/wike-doesnt-have-executive-powers-says-ireti-kingibe-on-demolition-threats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">does not have<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;the executive powers to make threats of demolition of \u201cillegal\u201d buildings\u201d in the territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January, the lawmaker claimed that Wike had&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecable.ng\/ireti-kingibe-wike-not-cooperating-with-me-senate-will-summon-him-over-insecurity#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to respond to her letters and messages in the wake of the rising insecurity in Abuja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Advertisement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a media parley on Thursday, Wike said Kingibe\u2019s anger stems from his constant companionship with Philip Aduda, her predecessor in the senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister said he could not be forced to befriend Kingibe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSomebody wants to be your friend. I said I don\u2019t want to be your friend. Is it by force? The problem is that she wanted to be chairman senate committee on FCT but the senate (Godswill) president said: I\u2019m not giving you, Wike said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When journalists pointed out the lawmaker\u2019s apparent interest in FCT affairs, Wike responded curtly, saying, \u201cWhat? Are you going to supervise me? You cannot supervise me\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The minister said he has always invited the chairpersons of the FCT committee in the senate and house of representatives to witness the flag-off of projects in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s nothing we have done that I have not invited the two chairmen of the FCT,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNobody can intimidate me. I was a minister before, I became a governor of one of the most important states in Nigeria and now I am a minister of FCT,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re saying the minister does not carry me along. I don\u2019t have the back. People don\u2019t know how to go about things. It is not by intimidation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe problem is this \u2014 she ran an election against my friend Philip Aduda. And then she sees&nbsp; Philip Aduda everywhere with me. She said I am taking Philip everywhere instead of her who is the senator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWill I abandon my friend because he failed election? People are so petty. It doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wike asked Kingibe to \u201cdo the right thing\u201d through appropriate <a href=\"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">communication.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), has explained why Ireti Kingibe is not in good terms with him.&nbsp; Kingibe, the senator representing FCT, and the minister have not had a good working relationship since they both assumed their respective offices. In September 2023, Kingibe said Wike&nbsp;does not have&nbsp;the executive powers to make &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fct","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1726,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1725\/revisions\/1726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fctnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}