N10m reward to councillors not for vote-buying - Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has defended his committedness to springiness N10 cardinal to councillors who present their wards for President Bola Tinubu successful the 2027 wide elections, insisting that the wealth is simply a reward for governmental mobilisation and not an effort to bargain votes.

Wike said helium ne'er asked the councillors to usage the wealth to induce voters but challenged them to enactment hard and person residents to enactment the President.

He spoke connected Tuesday during an inspection of ongoing infrastructure projects successful Abuja, wherever helium responded to disapproval implicit the fiscal reward.

He said helium lone asked the councillors to enactment hard, show their committedness and mobilise support, promising to reward them if they succeeded.

Recall that the curate had announced the N10 cardinal connection during a gathering with governmental stakeholders, accepted leaders and councillors successful Kwali Area Council connected Monday.

He explained that the connection was portion of the Rainbow Coalition's grassroots mobilisation strategy to unafraid enactment for Tinubu up of the 2027 elections.

Wike said the councillors were expected to enactment with enactment leaders and different governmental stakeholders successful their wards to mobilise voters for the President.

Defending the arrangement, helium compared it to rew...