Nigerian activist, Reno Omokri has reacted to the appointment of the immediate past Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister.
Recall that the full list of ministerial portfolios under the Tinubu government was released on Wednesday evening and Wike was listed as the FCT Minister.
Omokri in his reaction noted that it is the first time a Southerner has been appointed FCT Minister since Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun was appointed to that position in 1976 by the then Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo.
He however said there had been expectations that President Tinubu would appoint an FCT indigene, Zephaniah Jisalo who was also on the ministerial list but that didn’t happen.
Taking to his Twitter account shortly after the list was released, Omokri tweeted: “The appointment by President Bola Tinubu of ex-Governor Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory will mark the first time a Southerner has been appointed FCT Minister since Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun was appointed to that position in 1976 by the then Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo.
“It has taken forty-seven years for a non-Northerner to occupy that position again And coincidentally, just like in 1976, the person was appointed by a fellow Southerner.
“Sadly, the original indigenes of the area now known as the Federal Capital Territory have never been appointed minister. Hopes had been high that the President would appoint the first FCT indigene ever nominated as a minister, Zephaniah Jisalo, to that position. But we have seen the way the cookie crumbled.”
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The appointment by President Bola Tinubu of ex-Governor Nyesom Wike as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory will mark the first time a Southerner has been appointed FCT Minister since Mobolaji Ajose-Adeogun was appointed to that position in 1976 by the then Head of State,…
— Reno Omokri (@renoomokri) August 16, 2023