{"id":195872,"date":"2026-02-23T10:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike"},"modified":"2026-02-23T11:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:29:48","slug":"fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike","title":{"rendered":"FCT Rivers Elections Show Growing Support for Tinubu Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the performance of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the just concluded FCT Area Council election and Rivers State bye-election reflected growing public confidence in the policies and programmes of President Bola Tinubu<\/p>\n<p>Wike said this on Sunday while reacting to the results of the polls, where the All Progressives Congress recorded significant victories.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the party\u2019s success, especially in remote communities within the FCT, signaled that government initiatives were beginning to impact lives at the grassroots.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, this marks the first time the APC is securing councillorship seats in some of the hinterland areas, alongside what he describes as an overwhelming majority in the local council chairmanship positions.<\/p>\n<p>The former Rivers state governor equally spoke on the result of the recent by-election in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>He described the APC\u2019s performance as a victory for what he calls a \u201crainbow coalition\u201d of political stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the alliance reflects a broader alignment of interests in support of President Tinubu\u2019s Renewed Hope agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe results underscored shifting political dynamics and growing cross-party collaboration ahead of future electoral contests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the performance of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at the just concluded FCT Area Council election and Rivers State bye-election reflected growing public confidence in the policies and programmes of President Bola Tinubu Wike said this on Sunday while reacting to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"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>FCT Rivers Elections Show Growing Support for Tinubu Wike - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the performance of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ...\" \/>\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\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"FCT Rivers Elections Show Growing Support for Tinubu Wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says the performance of the All Progressives Congress, APC, ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T09:18:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T10:29:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771842520.449109.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"936\" \/>\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\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"FCT Rivers Elections Show Growing Support for Tinubu Wike\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-23T09:18:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-23T10:29:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike\"},\"wordCount\":218,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771842520.449109.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/fct-rivers-elections-show-growing-support-for-tinubu-wike\",\"name\":\"FCT Rivers Elections Show Growing Support for Tinubu Wike - 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