Abuja Professionals Join Calls for Buhari to Make Kwankwaso FCT Minister

Some Abuja based professionals have joined
the call to President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.), to appoint Kano State governor
and Senator-elect, Musa Rabiu Kwankwaso,
as the next minister for the Federal Capital
Territory.
The call came on the heels of a similar
request by a group under the aegis of Abuja
Residents Forum, ARF, for the incoming
president to appoint Kwankwaso, who they
described as a person of “high pedigree” as
FCT Minister.
Spokesperson for the professionals, Ben
Agarry, explained that Abuja was in dire need
of a hardworking man, who will replicate the
achievements of a former Minister of the FCT
now Kaduna State Governor-elect, Malam
Nasir el-Rufai.
According to Agarry, the FCT would have
long witnessed more development than its
present level had Mr. el-Rufai been allowed
to remain in office as the minister all these
years.
He said, “We have seen what he did in Kano
State. As far as we are concerned, he is the
best governor in the whole of the Northern
region, and FCT deserves a person with such
proven integrity and track record.
“I was amazed with the kind of structures I
saw in Kano when I visited the last time. I
mean tangible things you can point to as
development. And you hardly see him go to
the television to make noise as some other
governors do”, he added.
Agarry insisted that they would not rest in
the demand for Kwankwaso’s appointment
when Mr. Buhari forms his cabinet after he is
sworn in as Nigeria’s President come May
29th.
“We are very serious with our demand and we
will not rest until we see it come to pass. We
are tired of ministers who end up doing
nothing all through their tenure. In fact, there
was one who only built bumps throughout
the roads of Abuja. This is not what we
want, we want meaningful development and
that is what Kwankwaso will give to us”, he
added.