In a recent statement, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has criticized Shehu Sani and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, over their opinions on the current administration, as reported by DAILY POST.
Wike, Ozekhome, and Sani attended the This Nigeria Annual Lecture and Gold Prize Award 2024.
The event was held in Abuja to celebrate Nigeria’s 25 years of uninterrupted democracy.
Chief Ozekhome was the guest lecturer.
He angered the FCT Minister by not mentioning areas where the country had made progress in the last 25 years.
Former federal lawmaker Shehu Sani also called on President Bola Tinubu to solve the problem of hunger in Nigeria.
This call was not welcomed by Wike.
Wike questioned the decency of the two activists in making such calls.
He demanded to know what Sani had achieved as a Senator for many years.
He also asked Ozekhome if he had ever rejected briefs.
He accused Ozekhome of never rejecting a job, even to defend those who rigged elections in court.
“So I said that I’ll put this to you and to tell my brother friend, for the main fact that you people were activists does not mean that you’ll do well, no. Activists have always failed. We’ve seen activists that were given appointments and yet they failed. When you were in the Senate, how did you perform? What was our performance as Senator?. And you’re saying something about rigging elections.”
“I know we have challenges but I expected the lecturer to say, ‘yes, we’ve made some progress.’ In all this lecture, not one progress was made. It was about criticism after criticism.”
“Yes, you can say we’ve made this progress but still the need for us to move forward. Just like Shehu Sani said how they were detained, he didn’t say that under this democracy no Nigerian has found himself under this aspect, that’s progress,” Wike said……..See More
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