Former Governor of River State, Barr. Nyesome Wike, has dispelled any possibility of his likely defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
He confirmed that the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), authorized him to accept President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial appointment.
Wike is the newly appointed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Savannah News gathered that the former governor is the only member of the opposition party in President Tinubu’s cabinet.
Wike while briefing newsmen in his new office, rolled out a 10-point agenda with a focus on issues of security, city sanitation, preservation of the Abuja Master Plan, infrastructure development, restoration of green areas, removal of shanties, blocking of revenue leakages, ground rents payment, among other deliverables.
Wike said that when president Tinubu told him about his ministerial appointment, he wrote to the PDP National Chairman, Umar Damagun, the South-South zonal chairman of the party, River State Governor, and his Rivers State PDP chairman to notify them of the appointment and they all wrote back giving their approval.
