Lere Olayinka, an aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has urged Senator Ireti Kingibe to concentrate on paying the welfare and salaries of her legislative aides.
Olayinka while cautioning Kingibe alleged that most of her legislative aides left due to non-payment of salaries.
He claimed that Kingibe’s aides and staff have been owed salaries and entitlements for six months.
Olayinka’s remark comes barely 24 hours after Kingibe slammed Wike over the growing insecurity in the FCT among others.
Kingibe in an interview with Channels Television said the minister has continued to fail in his duty to keep the FCT safe.
She also warned that residents of the FCT are dissatisfied with the minister and some of his actions.
She stated, “It’s not just about development, Wike’s conduct is fuelling resentment among the FCT people.”
However, in his response, Olayinka said Wike will not be available to be used as a launchpad for Senator Ireti Kingibe’s dying political career.
“As of today, we know how many of Senator Ireti Kingibe’s aides that have resigned owing to non-payment of their salary and immoral acts.
“We know one of her aides, who resigned because she allegedly had an immoral relationship with her boyfriend. We also know what strained her relationship with her third husband, Ambassador Gana Kingibe, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). But we will keep our gunpowder dry for now.
“However, Senator Ireti Kingibe should tell the people of FCT what she did with the an ‘envelop of N3 billion’ that was awarded her last year and how many contracts for constituency projects she has sold for between 15 and 20 per cent of the contract value.
“As for the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, he will not be distracted by someone like Senator Ireti Kingibe, who has no other credible identity to present herself with, except the name of someone he is no longer married to.
“The Minister will continue to bring infrastructural developments to both the FCT city centre and satellite towns. Just last week Friday, commissioning of 16 projects to commemorate the second year of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was concluded, and by this time next year, more projects would have been commissioned,” Wike’s aide said.
