N10m reward for councillors who deliver wards for Tinubu not vote-buying – Wike

• says offer is incentive for hard work, political mobilisation
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has insisted that his promise of N10 million to councillors who deliver their respective wards for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections does not amount to vote-buying.
Wike said the proposed reward was intended to encourage political commitment and hard work among the councillors, not to induce voters to support a particular candidate.
The minister, who spoke on Tuesday during an inspection tour of ongoing infrastructure projects in Abuja, dismissed criticisms trailing the offer, maintaining that there was a clear difference between rewarding p...