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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike on Thursday warned that he would not be blackmailed from carrying out his duties.
Wike insisted that he would continue to do the right thing and would not be blackmailed in the discharge of his duties.
He made the assertion in response to a planned demonstration by health workers in the FCT.
Speaking during the flag-off of the construction of Arterial Road N1 from Wuye District to Ring Road II, Abuja, Wike said demonstration is allowed.
He said: “DSS called me that people said they would demonstrate that we are paying attention to roads and not to health.
“Demonstration is allowed everywhere, nobody will blackmail me, nobody would stop me from doing what I think is right and I’m doing it at the right time.
“I have never seen a country that would thrive on blackmail, this road is not my road, it’s not Wike’s road, it’s not Tinubu’s road, it’s a road that would open up economic activities and improve the welfare of the people here.
“So there’s nothing too special that we are doing it because it is only we that will use the road, on. The people in health said they are being owed allowances, fine, we lost our health of service and we just appointed an acting Head of service and I said okay go and check and employ doctors.”
The minister also disclosed that the sum of N25 billion has been earmarked for health in FCT’s 2025 budget.
He added: “They said we are not talking about improving health facilities, 2025 budget, Capital budget for health alone, we put N25 billion. Ask them when we got our budget? We got our budget in July from the National Assembly.”
