The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has promised not to impose commissioner appointees on reinstated Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara.
Wike said this while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday night in a two-hour interview.
The former Rivers governor promised to give Fubara a free hand to govern the state.
President Bola Tinubu had suspended Fubara for six months and reinstated him today. Despite the order, Fubara is yet to make a public appearance or officially announce his resumption.
However, when asked if he would decide Fubara’s commissioners, Wike said: “I cannot go and impose anything on the governor, why would I impose anything on the governor? Assuming I go to the governor and he says no, will the state collapse?
“I will not and I have no candidate, even if the governor comes to me now and said we have agreed to work together which is natural, I will say look I give you free hand to pick what you want for the state.
“All I want to say is I know what I did and what I have done to keep the state 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 and I can challenge anybody.”
