The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that it was only States controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that are preoccupied with the provision of dividend of democracy.
Wike, who made this assertion at the inauguration of the Rivers State Government Safe Home that was performed by the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, said, ” the other people (APC) are only fighting themselves about direct primaries and indirect primaries. We (PDP) are busy about delivering dividends of democracy. You can see the difference is clear”.
The Governor, therefore, called on Nigerians to be more careful in their choice of who they entrust with the responsibility of governing Nigeria, particularly members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, adding that the APC led Federal Government has set Nigeria twenty years backwards in just six and half years of its misrule.
“So, we must be careful of dealing with those who are not serious . A party that is not serious, that has set our country 20 years back. We must be very very careful”, he said.
Wike used the occasion to draw attention of governments to the less privileged and vulnerable in the society.
He said, ” We are only interested in constructing roads. We are only interested in constructing schools, hospitals and the rest of it. But one important aspect that government forgets is the less privileged, the vulnerable.
“We do not think that we owe them that duty to also protect them. It is key that every government should take this as a special project”.
