The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has said that he has no plan suggesting commissioners to Governor Siminalayi Fubara as he resumes office following a six-month emergency rule imposed by President Bola Tinubu.
President Tinubu declared the emergency rule in March after a prolonged political rift between Governor Fubara and Wike, his predecessor.
Wike, who spoke on a Channels Television programme: “Politics Today,” on Thursday, said while reacting to a question on if he would recommend candidates as commissioners to Fubara: “I cannot go and impose anything on the governor.
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“Why would I impose anything on the governor?
“Assuming I go to the governor and say” ‘I want this,’ will the state collapse?
“I will not (suggest commissioners for the governor).
“I have no candidate.
“And I will not.
“Even if the governor comes to me now and says: ‘We have agreed we want to work together,’ which is natural, I will say: ‘Look, I give you free hand, you know how you want for the state.’
“All I would like to say is, I know what I did and what I have done to keep this thing to this level, don’t drop it, move ahead.
“As I speak to you, I left the state where we can compete favourably with Lagos.”
Fubara was expected to resume office on Thursday, but he did not show up at the Government House in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, where thousands of people were waiting for him.
Speaking on the development, Wike said: “There is no law that said he must resume work today.
“He is the governor.
“You don’t understand the way we operate.
“Okay, I was sworn in today as the governor, for example, does not mean I will go to the office tomorrow.
“You don’t know what my programmes are, you don’t know what the governor has scheduled to do, you don’t know where he is.”
