{"id":112299,"date":"2024-03-04T21:01:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe"},"modified":"2024-03-04T23:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:24:56","slug":"no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe","title":{"rendered":"No rift between me and Wike \u2013 Ireti Kingibe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Ireti Kingibe, says there is no rift between her and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n<p>Kingibe also emphasized that the ambiguity in the separation of powers in the FCT warrants careful examination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to recognise that the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, operates differently from other regions; here, the highest elected official is the Senator, as opposed to a governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, we only have two representatives in the House of Representatives. The division of powers between the executive and the legislature in the FCT is ambiguous and warrants careful examination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHistorically, despite the structural issues, previous ministers have acknowledged the legislators as the people\u2019s representatives and collaborated with them to address the populace\u2019s needs, thereby mitigating these systemic flaws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is imperative for every minister to recognise that the National Assembly and its members have a supervisory role over their actions. This oversight appears to be the crux of the current contention.,\u2019\u2019 she stated.<\/p>\n<p>She, however, expressed her commitment to working with all parties to address the needs of the people, prioritizing security, hunger, water, hospitals, and schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a senator, there are numerous initiatives I am eager to pursue, provided our budget allows it. I aim to prioritize, especially the smaller, yet significant, aspects of governance,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Ireti Kingibe, says there is no rift between her and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. Kingibe also emphasized that the ambiguity in the separation of powers in the FCT warrants careful examination. \u201cIt\u2019s important to recognise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":112297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,12892,254,454],"class_list":["post-112299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-ireti-kingibe","tag-nigeria","tag-wike"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No rift between me and Wike \u2013 Ireti Kingibe - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Ireti Kingibe, ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No rift between me and Wike \u2013 Ireti Kingibe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly, Ireti Kingibe, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-04T20:01:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-04T22:24:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574354.233956.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"No rift between me and Wike \u2013 Ireti Kingibe\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-04T20:01:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-04T22:24:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe\"},\"wordCount\":248,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574354.233956.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Ireti Kingibe\",\"Nigeria\",\"Wike\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/no-rift-between-me-and-wike-ireti-kingibe\",\"name\":\"No rift between me and Wike \u2013 Ireti Kingibe - 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