LP Senator Ireti Kingibe reacts after Tinubu nominated first FCT indigene as minister

President Bola Tinubu has been praised for nominating an indigene of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Zephaniah Jisalo as a minister.

The commendation came from Senator Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP) on Friday, August 4, who noted that Jisal is the first FCT indigene to be nominated for office since the history of Nigeria’s democratic dispensation in 1999.

Kingibe, who represents the FCT in the upper chambers, is the first-ever female to occupy the position.

During the ministerial screening on Friday, she said: “I would like to, first of all, congratulate my nominee and all of the FCT for this nomination. We are all extremely happy and proud.

“We would like to thank the president and the vice president for actually making this a reality, something that we have been wishing and hoping for a very long time.”

Describing the nominee as highly recommended, the senator disclosed that she had known him for a long time, adding that he is qualified to be a minister.

Her words:

“I have known him for so many years before he became local government chairman, through two terms and after that two terms in the House of Representatives. So, he is well-known to me and definitely qualified to be a minister.

“Therefore, I would urge all of you, according to the protocol that we have been following and as a member of the House – two terms – that he should also take a bow.

“We [FCT people] are so happy [to the extent] that I am actually speechless, of which you know that I am not.”