The Supervising Minister
of Education, Nyesom
Wike, on Sunday dared
the Rivers State Governor,
Rotimi Amaechi, and his
supporters to leave the
Peoples Democratic Party
for another political party.
But Governor Amaechi
said Wike should be more
interested in how to get
students back to the
school instead of leaving
Abuja every week to play
dirty politics in Rivers
State.
"As supervising
minister for
education, it should
have been
reasonable for Wike
to bother about the
fact that students
roam the streets and
take to heinous
crimes because of a
protracted strike by
lecturers."
Wike said Amaechi and
his supporters should join
another party if they
believed they are popular,
promising that he (Wike)
and his followers would
celebrate the exit of the
governor from the PDP.
The minister, who made
this remark during a rally
organised by the
Grassroots Development
Initiative in Port Harcourt,
said “If you think you are
so popular, why not join
another party. The day
they join another party,
we will do thanksgiving.
We will have to celebrate
their exit.
“The day you dare it is
the day you see the
consequences. We are
going to resist any
attempt to say that our
votes will not count.
Everybody is jittery. Why
are they jittery? We are
not worried, they are
worried.”
Wike claimed that the
support for President
Goodluck Jonathan in
Niger Delta is not based
on sentiments but
because he (Jonathan)
had done well.
Reacting to Wike's
outburst, Chief of Staff,
Government House, Chief
Tony Okocha, said he
should concern himself
more about the capital
flight and the attendant
brain-drain in the
education sector in
Nigeria.
“Rivers people are wiser.
Wike’s ranting every
weekend in Rivers leaves
much to be imagined
especially as the country
is relapsing to the Dark
Age.
“Rivers people are not
opposed to Mr. President.
Wike should stop his
attempt to commonise the
office of Mr. President in
his attempt to curry under
served favour.
“What may be in the issue
is purely ideology, which
is common with great
minds. Wike should be
thought that ideas rule the
world. Petty mind discuss
people,” Okocha said.
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