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…’Ordinary Labour Party, you couldn’t manage.’
By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, connected Thursday came down hard connected the 2023 Labour Party’s statesmanlike candidate, Mr Peter Obi, questioning his enactment credentials and his capableness to govern Nigeria.
Wike, who spoke astatine the commissioning of 2 recently constructed roads – ILS11 (Esther Bali Street) and MAR24 (Kez Udezue Street) – successful the Mabushi country of Abuja, ridiculed Obi’s changeless criticisms of government, saying helium lacked the credibility to lecture anyone connected governance, having, according to him, failed arsenic Anambra governor.
He said Obi volition proceed to contention arsenic president connected societal media but not arsenic president of Nigeria.
“You tally arsenic president nether a party, and you cannot negociate the party, mean party. You cannot negociate to clasp a enactment together; it is Nigeria of implicit 200 cardinal radical that you privation to manage? Ordinary enactment of however galore people? Crisis. You can’t clasp them, but you privation to negociate a analyzable federation similar Nigeria. It is not disposable for radical similar you. You tin cognize a bully dancer from the archetypal step,” Wike declared.
The erstwhile Rivers politician accused Obi of hypocrisy, noting that portion helium flaunts nationalist shows of compassion, his grounds successful Anambra State tells a antithetic story.
“Mr Peter Obi, we conscionable came into bureau 2 years ago. We person not adjacent stayed 4 years, but you stayed 8 bully years. Compare 2 years successful bureau of what you person done successful FCT and comparison 8 years successful bureau successful Anambra. Can you truly accidental you emotion this country? Can you truly accidental you emotion Anambra? Certainly not. If I were you, I would beryllium quiet. Why not beryllium quiet? Enough is enough.
“You cannot beryllium President of Nigeria lone erstwhile you spell to 1 IDP campy for a day party. ‘I went to bash my day enactment successful an IDP camp…’ Who is funny successful each those things? Doing your day enactment successful an IDP campy does not marque it consciousness that you emotion Nigeria oregon privation to bash thing for Nigeria. When you were a governor, wherefore didn’t you bash your day enactment successful an IDP camp? It is present you privation to beryllium president. Every day, I americium going to bash my day with the little privileged. Who volition you deceive? Enough is enough,” helium said.
Wike went further to allege that Obi prioritised idiosyncratic nett implicit improvement during his 8 years successful office.
He said, “Some people, due to the fact that of politics, castigate government. For example, I perceive 1 of the societal media statesmanlike candidates went to 1 of the section authorization country schools and was saying that the authorities has abandoned nationalist schools. In particular, his sanction is Mr Peter Obi.
“It is not everything you indispensable play authorities with. Peter Obi, you were politician for 8 years successful Anambra State. If you had finished each the jobs, cipher would beryllium talking astir processing Anambra by now. Instead of processing Anambra, you took the wealth and enactment it successful the slope wherever you person interest. The wealth was determination to make Anambra State, but you lone preferred profit, and Anambra was suffering.
“Again, we volition amusement you successful the adjacent fewer weeks what we person been capable to bash successful our nationalist schools successful conscionable 2 years, portion you (Obi) are talking astir 8 years. Everything indispensable not beryllium propaganda. As the Minister of FCT, I cannot assertion I cognize everyplace successful Abuja. It is not possible. So, if you are a liable citizen, it is not conscionable to spell to societal media to deliberation that they volition emotion you.
“You volition proceed to contention arsenic president connected societal media, but not arsenic president of Nigeria,” Wike declared.
Turning from authorities to governance, Wike stressed the value of bully citizenship and responsiveness, narrating however a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Damian Dodo, drew his attraction to the mediocre authorities of Kez Udezue Street, which led to swift intervention.
“Who is called a bully citizen? Not a bully antheral but a bully citizen? Good citizens are those who volition deliberation good astir the payment of the state and telephone the attraction of the government.
“I was successful my bureau erstwhile 1 of my friends called my attention. He said, Minister, I was driving connected 1 of these roads. I don’t deliberation you are aware. It is terribly bad. I...
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