The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has declared that no amount of blackmail or public criticism will influence his decisions, insisting that his focus is to please God and deliver on the mandate given to him by President Bola Tinubu.

 

Speaking on Monday, September 22, at the flag-off of a road project in Mabushi District, Abuja, Wike lashed out at critics whom he accused of attempting to pressure him into compromising his principles.

 

> “So if you like, go and organise yourself—something I know is not correct—if you like, cry from morning till night, call me whatever name you want to call me, put my name on the internet, say anything you want to say—foul.

I am not one of those you will think that blackmail will change me. My skin is so thick, so strong,” he said.

 

 

 

Wike added that political criticism is inevitable, noting that the only thing that would worry him is if President Tinubu, who appointed him, expressed dissatisfaction with his performance.

 

> “The only way I will be worried is if my appointor is not satisfied with what I am doing, then I will be worried. But just because we are not doing what you want, and then you think by blackmail it will make us do it, we will not do it,” he stressed.

 

 

 

He urged civil servants to caution anyone attempting to undermine his administration, warning that such efforts “will not work.”