He took a swipe at some PDP chieftains including Bode George, saying that the party must pay the ground rent for its secretariat in Abuja.
Wike, who made this known during a media chat in Abuja, said all property owners in Abuja who are yet to pay their ground rent must do so or face the music.
The former Rivers State governor took a swipe at some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including Bode George, saying that the PDP must pay the ground rent for its secretariat in Abuja.
Wike said his predecessors in the FCT including now Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed lacked the courage to compel political bigwigs who own structures in the nation’s capital to pay their annual ground rent.
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He said, “Look at what we are doing differently. People have said that FCT was not working (but) now it is working which means I’m doing things that they (past FCT ministers) refused to do.
“I found out that most of them didn’t have the courage to annoy people, to step on toes but I take joy when I step on the toes of big men; those who say nothing will happen but I say something will happen. It makes me happy.
“All they want me to do is to make decisions against poor people saying nothing will happen to them but I say something will happen. That is why we making results. If you don’t do the right thing, too bad. I don’t care.”
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The BoT member had last Tuesday said Wike should have paid the ground rent, which led to the the sealing of the PDP’s national secretariat, to demonstrate his loyalty to the party as a major beneficiary.
But while speaking during a live interview with select journalists on Monday, the minister said though neither he nor George could pay the debt because it was not in their names, the BoT member was also indebted to the Federal Capital Territory Administration.
The Wike administration in the FCT had published the details of 9,000 debtors in newspapers, asking them to pay their ground rents to avoid the risk of forfeiture.
The administration subsequently announced on May 23, 2025 that it would take possession of about 5,000 affected properties owing ground rents between 10 and 43 years and began sealing and taking over properties of debtors including the PDP national secretariat but President Bola Tinubu granted the defaulters a 14-day grace period to settle their outstanding payments and penalties.
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