Former governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that he isn’t begging or lobbying for any appointments from the President.
He made this known during a live media chat in Port Harcourt.
Wike also faulted the PDP for failing to follow their zoning principle which, according cost them the February 25 presidential election and allowed the APC to come out victorious.
When asked if he would accept an appointment from President Bola Tinubu, Wike declared he is not begging for one but will be interested in what capacity he will function in if offered.
“First of all, I am not lobbying for an appointment, for Christ’s sake. And I can’t only be important because you have given me an appointment. I mean, you should look at it very well”
Two, Mr. President has not called me. With due respect, if Mr. President calls you and says, I want you to serve. Maybe I will ask, in what capacity do you want me to serve? And he says it, I say okay, thank you, sir.
“Look I have a political team, I have a family, I won’t just sit down without talking to anybody and say oh Yes. Look, look, I am not begging for an appointment.
Wike also stated that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government has been given another opportunity to correct their past misdeeds against Nigerians, at the expense of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Wike urged critics to support the current administration in delivering the dividends of democracy to Nigerians.
“If Mr. President doesn’t have a smooth administration, at the end of the day, who suffers? Is it, not Nigerians? Let us believe that we are all one, let us give everyone a sense of belonging.”
