By Abiola Olawale
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has appealed to the youths in the nation’s capital to boycott the planned nationwide protest.
The Minister, during an engagement with FCT youths from Abuja South Federal Constituency, in Kwali Area Council of the Abuja, maintained that no government can be judged properly in just one year.
He explained that since becoming the Minister of FCT he has achieved significant progress in education, health and other sectors, particularly security.
He said: “There is no need for the protest. The current administration is barely one year in office and not enough to assess its performance.
“You can’t judge leadership within one year. I have not been in office for up to a year, but I have done so much that should be appreciated and convince people that FCT is working.
“It is not fair to say we have not done anything on insecurity when we have improved security in FCT.”
He added that in the current development in the FCT, what was desired was peace and not protest.
He said: ”We want peace in FCT and so, we cannot fold our hands and allow it to be destroyed in the guise of protest.”
On the proposed Federal Capital Territory University of Science and Technology, Abaji, the minister said that efforts were on top gear to ensure that the university is ranked one of the best in the country.
“I don’t want to set up a glorified university. I want to put up a university that we will all be proud to have and gladly tell the world that this is the university I attended.
“We are currently on procurement to build classrooms; to build lecture theatres and laboratories for the university,” he said.
Wike also urged youths to cooperate with the current government and stay away from the planned protests organised by people whom he accused as having an unclear agenda.
