Minister of the Federal Capital Territory , FCT, Muhammad Bello has warned heads of Agencies, Departments and the six Area Council Chairmen, that he will no longer tolerate any act of indolence in his second tenure.
Bello who declared that his second term as FCT minister would be tough for those that would fail to live up to the expectation, said he used his first tenure to persuade the cabinet members to work, yet there was no positive result from any quotas.
He stressed that building a nation’s capital that will meet up with the dreams of its founding fathers is a collective task and everyone must sit up to work.
The Minster who made his intentions known Monday while receiving hand over notes from the FCTA Permanent Secretary, Chinyeaka Ohaa in Abuja, said those who will be part of his cabinet must deliver in line with the mandate of the Buhari led government or would be shown the way out.
“During my first tenure I spent a lot of time working closely with you, trying to encourage you to reengineer yourself and to appreciate the responsibilities asigned to you which I was patients with heads of agencies, councils and traditional leaders, by ensuring that everyone gets the right founding, yet there was failure.
“I spent time in my first tenure encouraging heads of agencies and others to do good work but now I am not going to waste the time again, except providing of funding, every department and agency is clearly aware of its roles, not like in my first tenure with the support of permanent secretary we were persuading people to the extent that I was doing everything”
Bello lamented that Public Relation Officers in support of their Heads of Agencies and Departments failed to showcase their activities, making the public unaware the giant strides of his administration in the first term.
“In every department and agency there is a public relations unit saddled with its responsibilities, but for two and a half year there has never been article or press interview to showcase the activities, despite the huge infrastructure work done and payment of contractors, even within the administration people didn’t understand.
“In my second coming, every department and agency is expected to do its work, the heads of agencies will be held responsible for any failure. I am not going to spend time cajoling and begging people to do their work, anyone that works will be part of my team, but any person that fails to work will be kicked out” he said.
While handing over the reign of authority to the Minister, Ohaa assured him of continuous support to the activities that would help the FCT Administration succeed in the renewed vigour to make the nation’s capital meet global standards.
The Permanent Secretary said despite the challenges of flooding and protests by Shiites in the city during the three months the Minister was aware, the Administration was able to record significant achievements.
James Kwen, Abuja
