Wike Pledges Better Security, More infrastructure in FCT

By: Wisdom Acka

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has promised that the FCT Administration would ensure improved security and provision of more infrastructure to FCT residents.

Wike gave the assurance on Wednesday, while briefing journalists after a closed-door session with Senators at the National Assembly in Abuja.

The Senate had invited the Minister and the Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, to brief the lawmakers on the modalities put in place to continue securing FCT residents.

The Minister said that the interaction was fruitful; adding that Senators had agreed that security has significantly improved in the FCT.

Wike said: “I am glad they are all happy with what we have done; what we are going to be doing and they provided some suggestions on ways forward.”

“What is important is what the FCT should expect from now. I will say improved security, more infrastructure. You can see what is going on in the FCT. It has been turned into a construction site.
You can also see what has happened in the FCTA. Now we have our own Civil Service Commission; now we have our own Permanent Secretaries, which has never been. There are new things in the FCT, and the residents are happy,” he said.

Wike, however, noted that there was no society without one form of crime or the other; adding that what was critical was being able to limit or reduce the level of insecurity.

On the spate of kidnappings, the Minister said: “Most of the kidnapping stories you hear, some of them are stage-managed by people. There are some internal arrangements. Take for example, you have a housekeeper or a driver in the house who will plot to kidnap the child of their boss. In such a case, what do you expect us to do?What we can do is to ensure that the person that is kidnapped is released.”

The Minister revealed that the two most wanted kidnappers terrorising FCT residents have been arrested, a development which has reduced the rate of kidnappings in the FCT.

“We are not saying we have gotten to where we want to be, but we are doing a lot and people should acknowledge that what used to be is not what we are seeing now.
We will continue to do our best to ensure that we provide the best to our people. We cannot give you the assurance that there will be no any form of criminality, nobody can do that, as long as we are humans”, the Minister said.