Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stretched his slay hammer on directors of civil service who seat on files without approval.
The minister handed down the warning yesterday in Abuja during the kicked-off of the 5-kilometre Naharati – River Ukya – Unguwan Hausawa road in Abaji Area Council of the territory.
The former Rivers State Governor said he will not allow bureaucracy to stall ongoing projects in the nation’s capital.
He reiterated that he would not allow anyone stifle the development of rural communities in the nation’s capital, according to The Nation.
Wike said any director who refuses to act on files that he has already approved, is a saboteur.
“We had a meeting on Monday with the most senior director and I was telling them that woe unto that director who will keep a file, that I have approved, for weeks. Woe unto you because you are a saboteur. Once I approve, do the needful. You can take a week to do due diligence. You don’t need to take 20 days. The contractors are humans. When the money does not get to them on time, they incur more costs and then they begin to seek variation even though they know that variation is not in my dictionary. So, I need your support so that we can deliver the dividends of democracy to the people,” he said.
He, however, assured civil servants that things will soon be better in the country, while encouraging all to be patient.
“I know that you had suffered quiet a lot in the past and you want things to change immediately. I want to appeal to you to be patient. I will never associate myself with anything that will not work. As I tell you that things will turn around positively, be assured that they will turn around positively. The decisions taken by Mr President may not materialize immediately but just be calm. You will reap it,” he added.
