‘ Tinubu has no plan to move FCT to Lagos’
Rumours are toxic narratives by political opponents, says presidential aide
THE Presidency has debunked a rumour that President Bola Tinubu is planning to move the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) to Lagos.
It said this on the heels of a rumour that surfaced on social media that the President plans to move the FCT to Lagos State after a department under the Ministry of Aviation, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN) moved some of its departments to Lagos.
In a statement, yesterday, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, noted that the rumour started during the 2023 general elections campaign and was trashed.
The statement read: "We have noticed how mischiefmakers, bent on fueling needless ethnic mistrust, have deliberately misinterpreted the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria to relocate its Department of Banking Supervision to Lagos and the directive of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development that the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN) should relocate its head office back to Lagos.
"We consider it necessary to inform Nigerians that there is no iota of truth in the interpretations given to the directives in some quarters and the unfounded claims and rumours that President Bola Tinubu is planning to relocate the Federal Capital back to Lagos.
"These rumours, which first surfaced during the electioneering last year, were sponsored by political opponents looking for all manners of weapons to prevent Asiwaju Tinubu from being elected as president by a section of the country. "Using the recent decision of the CBN and FAAN as pretext to start another round of toxic opposition, we want to state, unequivocally, that those behind this sordid narrative are dishonest ethnic and regional champions, trying to draw attention to themselves."
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