The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said that he has no regret naming Abuja International Conference Centre after President Bola Tinubu. This is coming after recent criticism followed the naming of the rehabilitated Abuja International Conference Centre, with many describing the ₦39 billion expenses to renovate the edifice as a misplaced priority.
Speaking during the inauguration of the completed 15-kilometre left-hand service carriageway of OSEX Stage II, from Ring Road I to Wassa Junction, Wike revealed that he does not understand why some Nigerians are criticising the naming of the conference centre after Tinubu.
According to him, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport was not built by Azikiwe and Moshood Abiola National Stadium was not built by Abiola, so anyone who is not happy with Tinubu’s name being used should just want something to wail about.
Wike stated that the people who have tagged the rehabilitation of the centre a misplaced priority do not have good taste, stressing that it has happened and he does not intend to regret the decision to make it happen.
“I have done it, and I have no regret at all,” he said.
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He further noted that rather than appreciate Tinubu for doing very well, some Nigerians derive pleasure from indulging in baseless criticism.
Wike concluded by saying that those who believed the N39 billion spent was wasted on the project have lost track of time and the changing exchange rate of the Naira to the Dollar.
“They said that the centre was built with N240 million, but which year? 1991.
What was the exchange rate in 1991 compared with today? Look at it, 1991, and we are now in 2025.
Nobody who loves this country will criticise the rehabilitation of the international conference centre,” he added.
