Immediate-past Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has said President Bola Tinubu needs smooth take-off for the stability required for development.
“If you agree that presidency should go to the south, tell me the truth; where should it go? It can’t be in the South-West. It can’t be in the South-East. South-South has only produced one senate president, far back in 1979, Joseph Wayas. South-East has produced over seven.”
He stated that those who were averse to Tinubu presidential ambition were still hellbent on laying stumbling block for him at the National Assembly, through their opposition to his preferred choice of former Akwa Ibom State governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio as the next senate president. Wike said, “The party and the president appear to have a soft spot for Akpabio. I would have thought that people will say; look, allow this administration to start on a very good foundation.”
so nobody gives us excuses that why this administration could not start on good footing is because of the rancour between the executive and the legislature.”The former governor maintained that if there is no cordial relationship between the leadership of the national assembly and the presidency, the country will be distracted by the unnecessary power conflict between the executive and the legislative branches of government.He said, “If Mr.
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