2023: Southern Political Stakeholders To Take Joint Stance Soon – Wike

Political stakeholders from Southern Nigeria would soon make a declarative statement on the 2023 presidential election, Governor Nyesom Wike said on Saturday as he vowed that the region would not succumb to blackmail or a gang-up.

While vowing that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will not give its presidential ticket to any candidate who will serve only the interest of the wealthy few in Nigeria, the governor said some desperate politicians were already scheming for a candidate who will not serve the interest of the many, rather the interest of just those of the wealthy few.

Governor Wike made the assertion at a grand reception organised in his honour by the people of Kalabari ethnic nationality at the Abalama School field in Asari Toru Local Government Area on Saturday.

The governor was conferred a traditional title of Se- Ibidokubo of Kalabari land (He who does good things for Kalabari people) and was performed by the Amayanabo of Abonnema, King Gboko Desreal Bob-manuel.

 His word: “No amount of gang up can make PDP to give somebody who will want to run election for the interest of some big men, and not for all Nigerians.

“Anybody who wants to be candidate of PDP must be candidate for the interest of Nigerians.”

He expressed concerns over the fact that some companies in the country continue to post annual financial profits regularly in a downing national economy to the detriment of the poor.

Governor Wike  opined that such profits,  invariably, shared only by the rich, make them to get richer, while the majority of the population of the country, who are poor, gets poorer

He reiterated that the stakeholders in Southern will soon make a declarative statement concerning 2023 presidential election.

“The day the South will speak, Nigeria will shake. We believe in the unity of this country, but nobody can threaten us. Nobody should threaten us. We believe in the unity of Nigeria and unity of Nigeria must continue,” Wike said of his notice of the impending stance of Southern political stakeholders.

The governor lampooned Rivers politicians serving in President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for their gross inability to attract federal government projects to the State.

Concerning the next governorship of Rivers State, Governor Wike said everybody is entitled to aspire to be the next governor, but such person must show capacity for that office and be well disposed to protect the interest of the State.

He told the Kalabari people, specifically,  that they’ve have not done well in terms of loving themselves and working in unity.

In his welcome address, Chairman of Rivers State Elders Forum, Chief Ferdinand Anabraba explained that the grand reception is significant for two reasons; of its critical importance to them as a people and also because of the unity of purpose engendered among them under the Wike’s administration.

He said it is that kind of reception organised for prominent sons and friends who have impacted the Kalabari people.

Chief Anabraba noted that Governor Wike has systematically fulfilled all promises made to them including those of development projects and appointment of Kalabari people into his administration.

On his part, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs said the Kalabari people were expecting Governor Wike to also ensure that Kalabari people are brought out from the political wilderness in 2023.

A human rights activist, Ann Kio-Briggs noted that Rivers State, though a complex place to govern does not mean that the people do not love each other.

She, however, harped on greater unity among the people while urging Governor Wike not to relent in what he is doing for the Kalabari people,  the State and the region.

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