FCT Minister Nyesom Wike FCT Minister Nyesom Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Nyesom Wike, Wednesday, stated  that the commencement of political campaigns ahead of the 2027 general elections would not distract his administration from delivering ongoing infrastructure projects.

He added that the government’s greatest campaign strategy remains its performance.

“We are already campaigning with our performance. The major campaign is to provide the dividends of democracy. What are you going to tell the people when you have nothing to show? Our campaign is showing what we have done,” Wike said while inspecting ongoing road projects in Abuja.

The minister added that governance and politics would not conflict under his watch, saying that the visible transformation across the FCT had already become the strongest campaign message for President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

“All we have to do is go back to the people and tell them we made promises and kept them. People want to see your report card, not empty rhetoric. As far as the FCT is concerned, we have shown our report card, and we have no problem winning any election whenever INEC fixes it,” he said.

Wike stated this after inspecting the construction of the Arterial Road N16 from Ring Road 11 to Ring Road III, linking Jahi with Gwarimpa and Karsana, being executed by CBC Global, and the 7.3-kilometre Tunga Madaki-Zuba road connecting the Abuja-Kaduna Highway, handled by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC).

Expressing satisfaction with the pace of work on the Arterial Road N16 project, the minister stated that the contractor had assured the FCTA of completing the project by January.