Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday said accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of always politicizing every issue in the country.
In a monitored interview by Grassroots.ng on Channels TV, the Governor said Buhari has an opportunity to address the demands of the people or put the country “on fire”.
Recall that Wike was one of those who were present at the South-South leaders meeting with the Federal Government’s delegates led my Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief if Staff to the President.
At the meeting, the South-South leaders demanded the restructuring of Nigeria, in line with the principle of true federalism.
“We must understand in this country that political leadership is very key,” Wike said on Thursday during his appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. “Having the political will to implement what the people want is very serious.
“I don’t want to talk about the issue of distrust or no trust in government. People have raised such issues, that they don’t think that nothing will come out of all this dialogue. I don’t agree with that. I believe that if the president does not do, given the opportunities he has now, then, he will be putting Nigeria on fire.”
In an hour-long interview, Mr Wike touched on other issues, including the over-politicisation of governance in the South-South region and why Nigeria should implement state policing structures.
“The problem is that we play politics in everything,” he said, while responding to a question about concerns raised by Deputy Senate President and Nigeri-Delta lawmaker, Ovie Omo-Agege.
Omo-Agege, on Tuesday during the federal government’s meeting with South-South leaders, had criticised the bloc’s governors for not consulting with federal representatives from the region before coming up with their demands.