The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has boasted to judges in the FCT that President Bola Tinubu will never make a promise and fail to keep it.
He gave the assurance on Monday while speaking at the flagging off of the Design and Construction of Residences for the Heads of Courts (President Court of Appeal, Federal High Court Chief Judge, Chief Judge of the FCT and President of the Industrial Court) in Abuja.
The minister said the judges have been assigned buildings with Certificates of Occupancy, or COs, stressing that the apartments become their own when they retire.
He said: “And let me say to the Court of Appeal and FHC that we are barely supporting you but its only the FCT that we are relating with as the judges of FCT.
“That is why we are building for the Court of Appeal 10 duplexes that would be handed over by the end of the year, 20 for the FCT High Court and just like the President of the Industrial Court saying, while he was speaking, in those days like children when you don’t want somebody to all you out you start some traditional things like let them not remember me.’
“Let me say it again to you, Bola Ahmed Tinubu does not make promises and fail and as his agent, I want to assure you that we will have to provide those houses for you our judges. So, don’t bother yourself to remind me anywhere you see me, take it to the bank and you can cash from it.”
Noting that he has no history of abandoning projects, the minister said “no one person will complete this project for us, we are going to complete this project.”
He ordered the contractor handling the project to ensure its completion within 12 months and hand it over to the judges, adding, “when you are retiring, stay firm, it’s your house”.
The minister also commended the Attorney General of the Federation, Fagbemi Lateef, for supporting the FCT Administration, noting that the digitalization of the FCT High Court has been included in the 2025 budget.
“Attorney General, on behalf of the FCT we want to sincerely thank you, the support we have gotten from you we cant quantify it. In fact, it was through you that we have to think about digitalize the FCT court and that has been included in the budget of 2025.
“I have just summoned the general council to make sure that the project commences immediately so that we will be able to digitalize the court,” he said.
Recalling how Tinubu tried to improve the welfare of the judiciary when he was governor of Lagos State, Wike said: “Of course, we do not expect anything less now that he is president.”
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