Nyesom Wike, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), says political activities will not interfere with his responsibilities in Abuja.
The minister spoke on Wednesday after inspecting ongoing projects across the territory.
He said his priority remains serving residents of the capital, regardless of political developments.
“How will it affect my job? Politics isn’t here and you have to serve the people, the work will have to go on and politics won’t affect it,” Wike said.
He noted that preparations for the forthcoming area council elections would not slow down government work.
“We have the area council elections that is coming up in just a few weeks and are we not doing our work?” he asked.
Wike said project execution would continue without disruption as long as contractors were properly supported.
“It won’t affect us, what’s important is for us to pay the contractor and I have told the FCDA to supervise,” he said.
He added that political discussions ahead of 2027 would not derail ongoing development efforts.
“Politics of 2027 will not affect our work,” Wike said.
The minister expressed satisfaction with the progress of the road projects he visited during the inspection.
“We went to the social research roads, to Nile University and Body of Benchers,” he said.
He described the work on the route leading to the old road near the EFCC as encouraging.
“The work done there is very encouraging and the company did assure that my the end of May they would have handed over that project,” Wike said.
He said the project is among those expected to be inaugurated during the president’s third year in office.
“It’s one of the projects we have earmarked for inauguration during the president’s third year in office,” he said.
Wike added that the inspection also covered the development child extension leading to the annex.
“From there, we went to the development child extension leading to the annex,” he said.
