Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has hit back at Nigerians who criticized him for asking permanent secretaries to bow before President Bola Tinubu.
While speaking at the
Commissioning of the Aerial Road N20 Expressway in the FCT some days ago, the
Minister directed the permanent secretaries in the FCT to file out and bow
before President Tinubu who was present at the commissioning.
His action was widely condemned
by some Nigerians who felt it was a slight on the permanent secretaries to be
ordered to bow before the President
Reacting to criticisms which
trailed the directive, Wike said the action was to show appreciation to the
President who granted approval for the appointment of the permanent secretaries
whom he said had earlier lost hope in their career progression.
“Two days ago, when the President came, we
tried to thank him for what he did in making sure that those who had already
lost hope in their career progression got to the peak of their career.
Before now, FCTA did not have
permanent secretaries. But with Mr. President’s renewed hope, he said they must
get to the peak of their careers by getting to the position of permanent
secretary and head of the civil service, if possible. Mr. President granted
that, and then I called out the permanent secretaries who are the beneficiaries
to come out and take a bow and thank Mr. President.
It is an honour to be called
out to take a bow, but some human beings can never see anything good. Instead,
they are criticising, saying, ‘How will you call people who are permanent
secretaries and ask them to take a bow?
In my place, when someone does
not have anything good to say about you, they will say, ‘look at him’. Instead
of you to commend Mr. President for doing well, for giving hope to those that
didn’t have hope before.”
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