By Musa Baba Adamu
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has explained why the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) must respect him and other governors in his camp, just as the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu also yesterday sacked his cabinet.
Wike claimed the governors are the ones campaigning for the party with the projects they have executed in their various states and so deserve to be respected.
He made the assertion during the commissioning of the Emohua campus of the Rivers state university on Wednesday.
He said those governors referred to as “Children” in the party that are carrying out projects, could be used to campaign in their states.
According to Wike “the only states you can see commissioning or flag off of projects are those states according to them that the children are in charge.
“If a PDP state is not doing well, don’t think you will be voted for because APC is not doing well.
“That’s why the party should respect us and know that we are the ones campaigning for the party because we have what we can use to campaign.
“It’s not to abuse people on the pages of a newspaper or go on television and bring people who have some mental problems to defend something they cannot defend”.
In another development, Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu, on Wednesday, dissolved the state’s executive council.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Babale Yauri.
The governor said the dissolution of the executive council is with immediate effect from Wednesday, 7 September 2022.
“The Governor is sincerely appreciative of the individual contributions of each member of the Cabinet and thanked them for their dedication to duty and ensuring peace and steady development of the state during their respective tenure in office,” the statement said.
He thanked all the members of the dissolved council for their performance, adding that a new State Executive Council would be announced soon.
The statement revealed that some of the members of the dissolved council might be reappointed.
