Caverton: Aniete Okon Gives Strong Backing To Wike

By Emmanuel Aziken

Elder-statesman, Senator Aniete Okon has strongly condemned what he has alleged as breaches in the sovereignty of Rivers States in the faceoff over the restriction of movement into the state.

The Niger Delta leader in a statement made available to GreenWhiteGreen affirmed that the development again brought forward the need for strict implementation of the principle of federalism which he said have been breached by federal authorities in its dealings with the Rivers State Government.

The Third Republic senator who was also the first Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP said:

“The brouhaha between the FG and the very upbeat and alert Governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike is uncalled for, as the primary objective of government is the security of lives and property.

“It is indisputably deceitful, dubious and malicious for the Federal Government through the Ministry of Aviation, to authorize flights to the State without correspondence with the Rivers State Government as regards the freight and movement of these workers in the State knowing that the State government had proactively imposed a Statewide lock-down to curb the spread of Coronavirus in the State.

“How does the Minister intend to present a defense regarding the insubordination of the passengers and crew of the flight who refused to comply with the proactive legislations put in place by the State government in a quest to flatten the Covid-19 curve?

“Hadi Sirika’s argument that such flight had nothing to do with the State government exposes the surreptitious nature of transactions of the Federal government of Nigeria.

“Sirika’s objection to the actions of the Rivers State government is disdainful and unfortunate, it shows high handedness, and disregard which eventually leads to failure of policies and legislations hence, institutional corruption presents itself as the Achilles heel of the Nigerian Government.

“The Governor Nyesom Wike is well within His statutory Constitutional Powers to take necessary action on the unwarranted presence of the passengers and crew of the concerned flight, also the management of Caverton Helicopters.

“As a Federation, constituent units (Federal, State and Local) governments must work in tandem, and have the right to exercise governmental powers and legislate within their statutory and constitutional rights.

“Government is limited by law, thus no provision for one to usurp and vanquish the powers of another. The brute, errant and uncouth attitude of seeing certain areas and its people as conquered territory is gone and gone forever.

“No one in government should be ignorant of the fact that peace and unity are necessities for Nigeria’s nationhood, thus sectoral or ethnic dominance will lead to disequilibrium.

“Nigeria’s Federal Character principle stipulates that all and sundry must be carried along in not just appointments but dealings of government leaving no vacancy for segregation, in a bid to foster national unity and command national loyalty.”

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