Politics
Wike: No Harm Must Befall ‘Port-Harcourt Girl’ Joi
Rivers Governor Steps Into NDDC Melee
Governor Nyesom Wike stepped into the unfolding melee over control of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC with a warning that nothing should endanger the life of Dr. Joi Nunieh, the immediate past acting managing director of the commission.
Ms Nunieh is a daughter of Rivers State and is pitched in battle with the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Ms Nunieh in an interview while alleging indiscretions against Akpabio had said:
“I slapped him because of his Plan B. Since he couldn’t get me to allow him to take that money, he thought that with Plan B, if he could come up on me he, didn’t know that I am a Port Harcourt girl, Port Harcourt girls are not moved by money.”
Wike, weighing in through a statement issued by his commissioner for information, Mr. Paulinus Nsirim, said:
“Rivers State Government has viewed with concern, the recent developments at the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) in which the name of our daughter, Dr. Joi Nunieh, the immediate past Acting Managing Director of the Commission, has been dragged into.
“We hereby call on those involved in the ongoing investigations in the NDDC to ensure that Dr. Joi Nunieh does not suffer any harm in the course of their undertakings.
“We wish to state categorically that the Rivers State Government will never support any action that will prevent or jeopardize the laudable intentions of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to positively reposition the NDDC and fulfill the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta.
“However, we wish to state that while we are not interested in identifying with the present unfolding drama in the NDDC, we will not however fail to protect our daughter from actual harm or perceived danger.
“The State owes it as a duty to protect her citizens from danger no matter their political affiliation and we cannot fold our hands and watch anyone harm her or indeed any Rivers citizen.
“We advise those involved in the present altercations in the NDDC to thread with caution in their actions and utterances.”
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