Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has again come out to state that he has no interest in the appointment of his predecessor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi as minister.
He stressed that the appointment of Amaechi had nothing to do with the governance of Rivers State.
Wike spoke through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Opunabo Inko-Tariah on Monday in reaction to claims by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that he was orchestrating a protest against Amaechi’s expected appointment as a minister.
The governor, who described claims that he was working against Amaechi’s likely emergence as a minister as spurious and malicious, maintained that it was the right of the President to select those that would work with him as ministers.
His words, “It is not only spurious, but fatuous and malicious. Governor Wike has no cause to orchestrate a protest against the appointment of Rotimi Amaechi.
“Let me reiterate for the umpteenth time that the governor has no nexus with the appointment of Amaechi or otherwise. It is the right of the President to appoint anybody of his choice provided such an appointment is in sync with the relevant laws.
“The appointment of Amaechi will definitely have no bearing on the governance of Rivers State. There are crucial issues the governor is more concerned with which are issues of the state and not trifles like the appointment of Amaechi.
“It is apparent that the APC in Rivers State has exhausted its basket of lies and barren propaganda but still wants to be heard or noticed despite its waned popularity in the state,” Wike said.
While stressing that APC’s stratagem of spreading of falsehood had failed, the statement stressed that “Governor Wike’s concern now is to clear the rubbish Amaechi left behind in his eight years of maladministration that impoverished the state and the people.
“Therefore, if the APC is dispensing such unfounded falsehood as a stratagem, it has failed. Or, is the APC distraught that Amaechi might not scale through the screening because of his antecedents?
“If that is the problem, it (APC) should think of how to sort it out and not spread falsehood to gain sympathy. Governor Wike is not interested in Amaechi’s matter because it is inconsequential.”
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