Nyesom Wike

I'mthumb|Wike in 2015 Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON (born 13 December 1964) is a Nigerian politician and lawyer who has served as the minister of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria and governor of Rivers State. Quotes If they want war, we will fight, but I will make sure my people are protected from coronavirus. In combatting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Rivers State as governor. Let them go and bring that man in Abuja (President Muhammadu Buhari). I will send him to his ancestors with only few punches. Arise I will not be minister forever, but I will do the right thing. Arise On the PDP party crisis. If you are a religious leader, and it is perceived or seen you are taking a side, which is very clear, it becomes difficult for people to begin to see those comments as being helpful or real. Wike faults Onaiyekan I am aware of the position of Cardinal Onaiyekan. All of us know; it’s not hidden. His position… who he supported. Everybody knows that, Wike faults Onaiyekan I have always said this, particularly to religious leaders. And I’m honest in this matter. I am not against comments about government, because if comments are not made about government, government may not be able to know areas where they should concentrate or focus. Wike faults Onaiyekan Therefore, government is available to receive comments. But when comments are made by a particular section consistently, government becomes… not even government, even individuals, because they are careful Wike faults Onaiyekan The point I’m trying to make is that, as a leader, commend government when government has done well on some areas. Criticise government that, ‘Look, yes, you have done this well, this well, this well. But we think that you should look into these other areas Wike faults Onaiyekan You don’t every time say things are bad, things are bad. Nobody has heard him say one day government has done this well. Wike faults Onaiyekan I am aware of the position of Cardinal Onaiyekan. All of us know; it’s not hidden. His position… who he supported. Everybody knows that, Wike faults Onaiyekan If you are a religious leader, and it is perceived or seen you are taking a side, which is very clear, it becomes difficult for people to begin to see those comments as being helpful or real Wike faults Onaiyekan But if your comments are every time nothing positive, then government must worry about you. Government will begin to think that you are merely criticising because you’re opposed to the government Wike faults Onaiyekan It’s really unfortunate, you know, in Nigeria, people blow everything out of context, particularly playing politics with everything. How could you descend so low as a journalist? Instead of you to ask questions, solicit answers from them, then you can now let the public know what is going on. Anybody who knows my relationship with Seun will not begin to rant. So, as you understand, it’s a figure of speech to explain how angry I was Bode George, who claims to be a founding father of the PDP, has not won a single seat for the party in Lagos since 1999. He is laying claim to ‘founding father’ status on the back of structures built by others in other states. It is unfair for Bode George to allege that the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court came to see me to make personal demands.” President Tinubu, in his wisdom, said he had received complaints about a shortage of accommodation for judges, and directed that we intervene and provide accommodation. This accommodation is not personal. It is a public building, You heard what his former boss said about him. If the person who should naturally give you the strongest testimonial advises Nigerians to be careful, then people should reflect on that. What other recommendation do you need? I know Peter Obi very well. What I don’t like is people playing to the gallery. I have never celebrated my birthday in an IDP camp or a motherless babies’ home simply because I wanted to become president. Governance is not about symbolism or public relations; it is about taking responsibility and making difficult decisions, You have to think well. If you make the mistake which he made by saying that yes I can do it alone, those who gave me support I don’t care, I don’t need them. Those who didn’t want you will come in. There is no way anybody who didn’t want you to be in a position will want you to succeed. Yes you came through him but it is now you; all kinds of manner of things. Some will even go through your wife. Some people will go through your in-laws. So people will go through your father and all kinds of things. So it now behoves on you to sit and say, this kind of advice, where will it lead me to? But listen, in this game you have your stone base (support), you have your village relation, you have all kinds and manner of people. There are those who will mean well for you, there are those who will not mean well for you. Now you just came to office, somebody now comes, yes he is trying to support you. Must it be his name? Why not try now to put yourself and people know that it is you. Yes, he tried to do it by himself and he wanted to set up his own structure as against the structure that built him. In fact it did not take up to 100 days and we saw it. We said something must be fundamentally wrong. Forget about people who say you were asking him for money. You know one thing in politics is that the moment you disagree on an issue, the only thing you can use to get the support of the people is that they are asking me for money When I came, I had to borrow vehicles from the former governor of Ondo, Mimiko, these parade vehicles. Nobody kept any vehicle; I didn’t have one vehicle. But before I left as governor, I packed out from Government House one and a half years before. I renovated Government House. I bought vehicles for the governor, the deputy governor and the governor’s wife. At the end of the fight, I have not lost anything. What have I lost? Nothing. But you have lost. Your intention was to go for a second term, is it not correct? And you are not going, Somebody comes, and that’s why you have to be careful. Those who didn’t want you to be governor now became your friends. Obviously, they will destroy you, thinking that coming closer to you is to fight us. External Links Category:Living people Category:People from Nigeria* Category:Politicians from Nigeria