Nyesom Wike Promises ₦10 Million Reward for APC Councillors
FCT Minister Nyesom Wike promised ₦10 million rewards to councillors who deliver their wards for President Bola Tinubu and the APC in the 2027 elections.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike promised a ₦10 million reward to every councillor who secures their political ward for President Bola Tinubu and other All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the 2027 general elections. Speaking Monday at a Rainbow Coalition stakeholders' meeting in Kwali Area Council, Wike framed the incentive as a performance-based reward for grassroots mobilization and hard work rather than vote-buying.
During the event, Wike endorsed Senator Philip Aduda for the FCT Senate seat and Danladi Chiya for the Abuja South Federal Constituency. He also addressed the marginalization of the FCT, arguing that its population of six to seven million people deserves greater legislative representation. Following complaints from the National Councillors Forum of Nigeria that monthly pay of ₦260,000 is unacceptable, Wike pledged to review councillor salaries.
APC National Chairman Nentawe Yilwatda defended the offer, asserting that political parties routinely fund mobilization. Yilwatda emphasized that payments would only occur after election results are established and legal rules are followed. Wike further defended his administration's provision of SUVs to first-class traditional rulers as a matter of dignity and highlighted the construction of over 270 kilometers of roads across FCT satellite towns.
