By Sunny Onyekwere 10th November 2025
The management of Abuja Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the operators Aso Radio and Television has dismissed alleged neglect of the organisation by the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) under the watch of the FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike.
Making this rebuttal on Monday, Acting Managing Director of the organisation owned by the FCTA, Ajibola Akinwumi, dismissed a media report credited to an on-line publication alleging that Wike owed salaries of ABC’s workers and abandoned the organization to rot.
Akinwumi, who was reacting to the said online captioned Abuja’s Aso Radio Rots Away Amid Neglect By FCT Minister Wike, Nonpayment Of Workers”, described such allegations as baseless, faulty and a calculated and desperate attempt to paint the FCT Minister in a bad light.
According to him, the allegations are incorrect, unfair and subjective, even due to the fact that the said reports ignored all known ethics of Journalism especially the rules of fairness and balanced reporting to the extent of mentioning his name without a courtesy of engaging him in conversations, or correspondences in order to get his own side of the story.
“To put the record straight, the Federal Capital Territory Administration under the able leadership of Barrister Nyesom Wike has paid the salaries of pensionable staff of ABC fully and up to date.(October, 2025).
“Also, there are available records with verifiable evidence that the Administration is making efforts towards uplifting the status of the organization.
“It is noteworthy to point out that the Honourable Minister has graciously approved the regularization of the organisation’s AD -HOC staff which confers them with a pensionable status in the organization”, he stated.
He adds: ” Abuja Broadcasting Corporation runs an open administration and operates on a 24- hour basis on both Radio and Television.
“Most importantly, journalists across the world have all agreed that disinformation or fake news is not a viable option to contribute to nation building.
“Abuja residents have continued to praise the Minister Wike for his commitment to infrastructure development, describing him as a focused, transformative leader who keeps promises”.
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