{"id":196219,"date":"2026-02-26T11:20:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/wike-not-apc-member-but-works-for-tinubu-govt-ajibola"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:25:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T11:25:20","slug":"wike-not-apc-member-but-works-for-tinubu-govt-ajibola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/wike-not-apc-member-but-works-for-tinubu-govt-ajibola","title":{"rendered":"Wike not APC member but works for Tinubu govt \u2013 Ajibola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, works for the administration of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Basiru clarified that although Wike is not a member of the APC, he is working for the APC-led federal government headed by Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring on TVC\u2019s Beyond The Headlines, Basiru said the level of infrastructural development witnessed across the Federal Capital Territory over the past two and a half years contributed significantly to the party\u2019s success in the recent FCT local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the improvements were evident not only in urban centres but also in suburban communities, describing the minister\u2019s performance as \u201csterling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Basiru added that the minister\u2019s administrative efforts, alongside the party\u2019s strategic engagement and careful selection of candidates with credible political track records across different parties, played a key role in the APC\u2019s electoral victory in the FCT.<\/p>\n<p>He maintained that the effective delivery of democratic dividends under the current FCT administration cannot be separated from the party\u2019s success at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>According to Basiru: \u201cWike is not a member of our party, but he works for an APC government headed by Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see the massive infrastructural development that has occurred in the FCT, not only in the urban areas, but even in the suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the past two and half years, you\u2019ll discover that the sterling performance of the FCT Minister together with the engagement that our party has done and the careful selection of candidates who have the history of a sterling different political parties have contributed to APC\u2019s victory in the FCT local government elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you can\u2019t discountenance effective administrative deployment of the dividends of democracy in the FCT under the present FCT administration from the success of our party in that election.\u201d<\/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. National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, works for the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Basiru clarified that although Wike is not a member of the APC, he is working for the APC-led federal government headed by Tinubu. 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