Spotlighting FG activities don’t make me Tinubu’s Spokesman – Wike

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike has declared that he was not the Spokesman of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu because he spotlights Federal Government activities all the time.

He stated this during his monthly media chat and while addressing a wide range of issues on Friday in Abuja, Wike described social media platform labelling him as “Tinubu’s Spokesman” as junks he has no time to read.

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“I don’t read those junks; I’m very focused,” Wike said.

“I am not speaking for the government. I’m only letting the world know what is happening under the Tinubu administration and to let the world know what is happening in this territory — what we are doing and what we are about to do.”

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The controversial former Governor of Rivers State and now Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, claimed he was communicating the progress, plicies and projects of the capital territory.

“I am not a spokesperson for the government. I am only talking about the activities of the Federal Capital Territory. If I don’t do it, whose responsibility is it?” he queried.

Wike also dismissed reports that he had fallen ill or that President Tinubu had allegedly barred him from addressing the media.

“You talked about falling sick, we are all human beings; anybody can fall sick. But it’s unfortunate, I never fell sick. These are things that I don’t need to pay attention to.

“Someone even said the president has banned me from the chat. How can the president ban me from letting the people know about what the administration is doing, particularly as it pertains to the FCT?”

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