Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, says his acceptance of the Ministerial appointment was after due consultation and approval.
Wike spoke on August 21, in Abuja during his maiden press conference as the new FCT minister.
Wike, a member of the opposition PDP, was one of 45 ministerial nominees screened and confirmed by the senate.
Wike’s appointment had generated myriad of comments, some of which suggested a looming suspension.
But Wike said he wrote to leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, including Iliya Damagum, the acting chairman of the party, and got their approval to be part of Tinubu’s cabinet.
He said: “They said they’ll sanction me that I took an appointment — that’s ridiculous.
“The president wrote to all the 36 state governors to bring names of people to appoint. Didn’t PDP governors submit names?
“Every PDP governor wrote a letter and nominated 10 persons for appointment in this (Tinubu’s) government.
“Before this appointment came, I wrote to the national party chairman, minority leader of the house of representatives and senate, zonal chairman of the party, my state chairman, and my governor.
“All of them wrote me back: ‘Accept it’. I have it in evidence documented.”
