Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has described the recent Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference as a “flop”, accusing the association’s leadership of playing politics instead of focusing on issues affecting the legal profession.
Wike stated this during a media chat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where he also questioned the legacy the current NBA president would leave behind.
“Instead of concentrating on issues affecting the NBA, they started playing politics,” Wike said.
He said he had told the current NBA president why he did not support her, expressing concern over the decision to invite a former governor whom he accused of chaining and locking up the courts for almost two years.
“I will tell the NBA president: what would you say will be your legacy? As the Minister of the FCT, what would I say I have done?” he said.
Wike added, “I told the current NBA president why I did not support her. She went to invite a former governor of the state who chained and locked up the court for almost two years.
“When you see this kind of thing, you begin to wonder, what kind of NBA is this?”
The minister also defended the performance of the Federal Government in the FCT, saying projects initiated under President Bola Tinubu would be completed before the expiration of the administration’s tenure.
“Before this tenure expires, every project started under Bola Tinubu would have been completed,” Wike said.
He further challenged anyone to compare the Tinubu administration’s achievements in Abuja with those of previous governments.
“In the history of the FCT, no government has done what we have done in Abuja. I challenge anyone to come out,” he said.