Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said there is no cabal in the government of President Bola Tinubu.
Speaking at the 2025 OAU Distinguished Personality Lecture in Ile Ife, Osun State, on Thursday, Wike, who delivered the keynote lecture, said the president is in control.
“Under Tinubu, there is nothing like cabal. This is a president that is in charge,” he said.
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Making reference to renowned author, Chinua Achebe’s work on ‘The Trouble with Nigeria’, Wike said the phrase that the challenge with Nigeria is the absence of proper leadership, cannot be faulted.
“This statement, damaging as it may appear, is extremely difficult to controvert. Our leaders have, in the main, emerged through self-serving conspiracies that have little or nothing to do with national interests and development.
“This has been the case in both military and civilian contexts,” he said.
He, however, said that Tinubu had stood out as the leader the people need to drive Nigeria to progress and prosperity.
“Let me make bold at this juncture to state that today, in our country, we have such a leader in the person of Tinubu.
“He has shown in several ways and at different times, a stout commitment to the enthronement of democracy in our country, to the extent of even putting his own life on the line in the process.
“He has shown great capacity for engendering development as captured in the unprecedented rapid and exponential development of Lagos state under his watch and even beyond,” he added.
According to him, though Nigeria has underperformed in the last six decades, and all imaginable fault lines were cracking.
He added that more importantly, the leader of Nigerians’ dream must create a society of free and responsible citizens whose potentials flow freely and free enterprise thrives.
Wike added that the nation could still rise and blaze in glory if the right governance frameworks were put in place.
Among those at the event were the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, who was Royal Father of the Day; the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun; former Enugu State governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; former Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom; among others.(Daily trust)
