The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has been told to stop being shameless and pay attention to the welfare of her legislative aides, many of whom allegedly left as a result of non-payment of their salary and entitlements for as much as six months.
Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, stated this in a release on Tuesday, adding that the FCT Minister will not be available to be used as a launchpad for Senator Ireti Kingibe’s dying political career.
The statement followed the political brickbat that was reignited after Kingibe criticised Wike’s administration during a television interview.
The senator had expressed frustration over what she perceived as a lack of communication between the FCT Minister’s office and her constituents to know their needs let alone address them.
Ireti Kingibe had during the television program said that the FCT Minister was out of touch with the needs of the people and that “it’s not just about development, Wike’s conduct is fuelling resentment among the FCT people.”
However, in his reaction, the FCT Minister’s Spokesperson said it was funny that Senator Ireti Kingibe, who treats her personal aides like slaves and has refused to pay them their wages is the one talking about someone treating others with disregard.
Olayinka said; “As at today, we know how many of Senator Ireti Kingibe’s aides that have resigned owing to non-payment of their salary and immoral acts.
“We know one of her aides, who resigned because she allegedly had questionable relationship with her boyfriend. We also know what strained her relationship with her third husband, Ambassador Gana Kingibe, a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). But we will keep our gunpowder dry for now.
“However, Senator Ireti Kingibe should tell the people of FCT what she did with the an ‘envelop of N3 billion’ that was awarded her last year and how many contracts for constituency projects she has sold for between 15 and 20 percent of the contract value.
“As for the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, he will not be distracted by someone like Senator Ireti Kingibe, who has no other credible identity to present herself with, except the name of someone she is no longer married to.
“The Minister will continue to bring infrastructural developments to both the FCT city center and satellite towns. Just last week Friday, commissioning of 16 projects to commemorate the second year of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration was concluded, and by this time next year, more projects would have been commissioned.”
