Wike didn’t take any loans without our approval — Reps

The House of Representatives says Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, did not instrumentality loans without obtaining the support of the National Assembly.

The House made this clarification done its Deputy Spokesperson, Philip Agbese, on Thursday.

According to Agbese, determination was nary grounds to substantiate the claim.

This came amid allegations by Senator Ireti Kingibe that the FCT Administration had accumulated debts without securing the indispensable legislative approvals.

Kingibe had said she raised the contented with the Senate enactment aft examining accusation obtained from the Debt Management Office, DMO, covering the play from August 2023 to March 2026.

The lawmaker, during an interrogation connected Channels Television, stated that she had not seen Wike look earlier the Senate to question support for immoderate loan.

“I person ne'er seen Wike travel to the National Assembly and earlier the Senate to inquire for support of anything,” Kingibe had said.

Reacting, Agbese rejected the proposition that Wike had borrowed funds down the National Assembly oregon acted extracurricular the law.

“Wike has committed nary infraction successful borrowings. There is nary ground for the allegation that helium has been borrowing wealth down the backmost of the National Ass...