A group, Frontiers for Accountability and Democracy Development (FADD) has ranked Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, and five others high in their performance as ministers in the first year in office of the President Bola Tinubu-led-administration.
The group highlighted other ministers who performed exceptionally to include Minister of Works, David Umahi, Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, Minister of interior, Hon. Olubunmi Ojo and Minister for Arts, Culture, Minister of State for Housing and urban development Abdullahi Gwarzo and Minister of creative economy Hannatu Musawa.
Convener of the group, Abdusalam Kazeem, while speaking in Abuja at a press briefing, stated that having followed the trajectory of service delivery of the President Tinubu administration since inception, no other government stirred up the hopes of Nigerians like the Tinubu administration having ran on the Renewed Hope Agenda.
Kazeem described President Tinubu’s choice of the ministers as placing square pegs in square holes, adding that they had literally hit the ground running with the President, “working tirelessly night and day to deliver on the mandate of the administration in their respective ministries and attaining proven incontrovertible positive results.”
The group explained that Minister of Defence, Matawalle on assumption in office took the bull by the horn by giving a marching order backed by full logistics support to the Nigerian military for an all out onslaught targeted against terrorists especially in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina and Kaduna states in order to neutralise bandits and for the citizens to once again begin to enjoy uninterrupted peace.
He said: “Matawalle’s firm leadership has reverberated across the entire length and breadth of the nation resulting in the restoration of peace in the troubled Niger Delta which has helped strengthen Nigeria’s economy with an increase in crude oil production. The Boko Haram terrorist in the Northeastern States of Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa are rapidly falling to the superior fighting power of Nigerian Military and businesses are rapidly springing back to life again.”
He noted that Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike on assumption embarked on infrastructural projects across the city center and even satellite towns, adding that residents of Abuja can now attest to the fact that the magnitude, quality and swiftness in execution of these projects has never been witnessed in the history of the FCT.
He stated: “As a seasoned administrator and expert in project execution, Wike diligently studied his handover notes, identified all hitherto abandoned major FCT projects and in just one year he has completed what took a bunch of others over a decade to even begin.”
Kazeem said the Minister of Interior, Tunji-Ojo also swiftly initiated a strategic overhaul of the ministry of interior and its affiliated agencies setting a new standard for optimal service delivery in all agencies of the ministry adding that his reforms in few months brought relief to all citizens that desire to obtain Nigerian passport at home and abroad.
He said: “He promptly ordered and ensured the swift clearance of staggering 204,332 passports backlog by the Nigeria Immigration Service in just three weeks, this feat was nonetheless a record breaking performance by the Nigeria Immigration Service in its 60 years of existence.”
Kazeem said President Tinubu has demonstrated that his government places premium priority on the felt needs of the citizenry judging from the sterling performance of these trio who stood out among their equals.