Nyesom Wike, immediate past governor of Rivers state, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) chieftain and newly inaugurated Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has claimed that the PDP gave him the green light to accept ministerial position offered him by incumbent President Bola Tinubu-led administration.
He was among the 45 ministers officially sworn into President Tinubu’s cabinet on Monday.
His appointment drew public curiosity due to his membership of the opposition PDP. He had earlier bragged that he’ll never accept a ministerial position after his governorship term.
In defence of his acceptance of his new post and the likely reaction of his party to it, Wike in his inaugural press conference as the FCT Minister said that Tinubu wrote the 36 state governors, including those of the PDP, who, according to him, gave 10 names to the president to appoint as ministers.
He said: “See, people carry propaganda. Let me use this opportunity to tell you that I don’t like people who don’t tell the truth. They said they’re going to sanction me because I accepted the appointment. I don’t have any clause.
“The president wrote to the 36 state governors to bring names of people to appoint, didn’t PDP governors submit names? Every PDP governor wrote a letter and nominated ten persons to be appointed by this government
“But the one they talk about is Wike. Before this appointment came, I wrote to the national chairman. I wrote to the minority leaders of the House of Reps and Senate. I wrote to the zonal chairman of the party and my state chairman. I wrote to my governor and all of them wrote me back and accepted .
“I have my evidence documented. Forget these reggae dancers. I call them reggae dancers because when you’ve lost your opportunity, you’ve lost your opportunity because of arrogance and impunity.”
