President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello, for showing transparency, honesty, and integrity in managing the affairs of the nation’s capital, IgbereTV reports
The president spoke when he received the leadership of the FCT and representatives of the FCT Community who visited him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Buhari said he deliberately appointed Bello as FCT minister and refused to deploy him because of his good character.
He added that the minister had proven to be a better manager of human and financial resources.
The president was reacting to a remark by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on FCT, Smart Adeyemi, who described Bello as the most transparent and honest minister in the history of the FCT.
President Buhari said he was not surprised to hear such comments about the minister and thanked Bello for not disappointing him.
He said: “The minister has restored sanity to the allocation of plots in the FCT. People were used to selling allocated plots instead of developing them as stipulated by the FCT laws.
”Others also apply for land only for them to resale and get quick money for marrying additional wives.”
The president thanked Nigerians for giving him the opportunity to serve as their leader
