Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has debunked insinuations about him being the running mate to any presidential hopeful in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Contrary to the widely spread insinuation, the outspoken governor said, he doesnt think there is anyone who is more qualified than him to become Nigeria’s president.
According to the governor, no such agreement has been reached between him and any politician.
“Please discountenance anything you’re seeing about being VP to this and that. Discountenance all those social media talk,” he said on Tuesday during a stakeholders meeting of the Rivers State Chapter of the PDP at the Government House in Port Harcourt.
The meeting had in attendance, party executives, national and state assembly members, LG chairmen, cabinet members, and other high-ranking members of the party.
The Governor’s comments also come a day after it had been reported on some platforms that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, was planning to pick him as a running mate ahead of the 2023 elections.
But according to Wike, members of the party in the southern region will speak in one voice and at the appropriate time, about their decision on the forthcoming election.
“The south will make a statement very soon and the day the south makes a statement, Nigeria will know that we are not joking.
“It is not to come out and say you are consulting. You say you’re consulting, yet you have declared. Is it not after consultations that you declare?”, he asked.
Meanwhile, also addressing the issue of agitations over zoning, the Governor said what is more important right now, is to focus on building a more united party.
“Those things are not necessary,” Wike said, adding; “what is necessary is that the party should be cohesive and to make sure the party gets it right.
“When you threaten that it must be north or threaten that it must be south, then you are not trying to make peace.”
He also spoke about the party’s chances to retain the Rivers State Governorship seat and the recent efforts by his administration to recover some critical assets of the state.
I Don’t Think Anyone Is More Qualified Than Me – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday said he doesn’t think anyone is more qualified to become Nigeria’s President other than himself.
Wike, who spoke from Port Harcourt during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said based on his records as Minister as well as the governor of the oil-rich state, he has the requisite experience to govern the country.
“For somebody of my kind and record, a governor and a minister, I don’t even see anybody who will tell me that he is much more qualified than me, I don’t think that is possible,” Wike said.
“Assuming today I want to run for the office of the President, what quality do you think I do not have? Why do you think I cannot provide the right leadership for Nigeria to move forward?
“It is not good for anybody to say ‘my aspirant is the best of the aspirants. I don’t think so. All I preach is that people should talk on issues. Nigeria has a problem. If they have given you the opportunity, what are you going to do to make sure that Nigerians benefit?”
Besides the 2023 general elections, Governor Wike also spoke about the activities of the immediate past government in Rivers State.
e recalled that when he came into power in 2015, there was no handover note from his predecessor on the true state of affairs in Rivers.
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