Nyesome Wike, the newly sworn-in Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) today, resumed work immediately after being sworn in.
The immediate-past Governor of Rivers State, resumed with the minister of state, Mariya Mahmud.
Both ministers arrived FCTA at about 1:20 pm after the swearing-in ceremony at the presidential villa.
The former Rivers state governor was accompanied by a large crowd comprising his state’s top politicians and traditional rulers.
Speaking at a press conference, Wike vowed to return the FCT to its original masterplan.
He said land allottees who have been given Certificates of Occupancy but failed to develop would also lose their lands to give way to those ready to build.
“If you know you have built where you are not supposed to build, it will go down,” he said.
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