Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has boasted that his widely acknowledged outstanding stewardship in office reflects his personal capacity and passion to deliver enduring development to Rivers state people and nothing to do with his political affiliation with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Wike, who spoke during Tuesday’s commissioning of dualised Ogbunuabali – Eastern bypass Road project in Port Harcourt, bragged, “Take me away today from PDP to another party, I will still perform. So, it is not because I’m in PDP that I’m performing.”He said, “Leadership is not about party. Leadership is about individual. Party is only a vehicle to actualise your ambition, to be able to tell your people I have this capacity, I have this quality to render services to you.
“It is because I have that passion for my people, have the commitment to serve my people. Take me to YPP, allow me become whatever I will become there, I will perform. Take me to any party, I will perform. So, it is not party that makes you to perform,” he statedThe Governor, who noted that misguided Rivers politicians twisted his assertion on Monday that the state was fully under his grips, explained that, “Because some people went to school late, they don’t understand when somebody says I am in charge of this State.“I never said I am in charge of votes in this State, but I know I can talk to my people and my people will listen to me. Some people say, I have only one vote, I agree. I can’t vote two times. I will only vote once. But because of the services I have rendered to the people of this State, the State will listen to me.”
The commissioning of the dualized road was graced by former Governor of Sokoto State, Sen Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko who inaugurated the road project, as well as top political leaders who continue to acknowledge the leadership capacity of Wike in service delivery to Rivers people.
