A chieftain, All Progressives Congress (APC) Joe Korka-Waadah, has raised the concern, over what he termed “exclusive generosity” toward judges in housing schemes for public servants by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT),Chief Nyesom Wike, accusing him of bias and ulterior motive for perceived gratifications.
He noted that Wike, through his time as Rivers state governor and now FCT minister has made a habit of showering judges in the nation’s judiciary with exclusive welfare packages in isolation of other public servants.
The APC Chieftain Korka-Waadah who is a Canadian based political management consultant In a telephone chat with Vanguard from Uyo, Akwa Ibom state yesterday, said, “I ask a pertinent question for the Nigerian public to ponder. Why is Wike so generous only to judges in his loud welfare schemes to public servants?
“Don’t get me wrong. I am not against the minister’s policy to gift judges enviable mansions and expensive jeeps in service through retirement. He did it in Rivers state and now replicating same thing as the minister of FCT.
“We know he is a lawyer, his wife a judge, but there must be more to it than meets the eye? Why does Wike not consider medical doctors, teachers, nurses, and directors in public servants professional enough to earn a place in his housing scheme for judges wherever he finds himself?
“I call on Wike and Nigerians to interrogate his motive, knowing how much politicians value judges for self interests. Otherwise, he should extent his concern for good housing schemes as retirement benefits to teachers and doctors in public service as he is doing for judges.