On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu was given a mildly dramatic order by Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), ordering the Permanent Secretaries in his ministry to bend down.
At the official opening of the N20 arterial route in Abuja, which bears Wole Soyinka’s name as the Nobel Laureate, Wike issued the directive.
In an expression of gratitude for their appointments, the minister gave the Permanent Secretaries instructions to get up from their seats and bow down to Tinubu.
The audience burst out laughing in response to Wike’s instruction.
“Most of them have never dreamed in their lives that they will ever get to the peak of their careers,” Wike stated during his speech.
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“So, if it’s okay with you, I don’t know if those beneficiaries—the permanent secretaries—are present. Please come outside.
Come out, you are the one who benefits from this. It is your role to be the messenger of hope restored. Please come outside.
“Everyone, men and women alike, please turn to face Mr. President and bow.” the fortunate ones. These are the first permanent secretaries you have appointed, Your Excellency.
“Are you not a permanent secretary, Head of Service? And their chief of service is that. These are our current technical teams. Thus, please accept my deepest gratitude.
The opportunity for them to lead the service was not accessible. However, you’ve now made it accessible. Some of the pastors there that I know have been praying for them.
