GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has advised President-elect Bola Tinubu, ahead of his May 29th inauguration, to assemble only people with capacity, character, and track records of performance into his cabinet, regardless of their political backgrounds, in order to hit the ground running immediately.
To that end, he also urged candidates of various National Assembly leadership positions to work with and respect the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the President-Elect in order for the next administration to succeed in fulfilling its campaign promises to the people.
Wike, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, spoke at a public book presentation titled ‘Putting People First: The El-Rufai Years’ in Kaduna State today where he also praised El-Rufai for championing the zoning of the presidency to the south for equity and fairness.
The book is a compilation of published articles and interviews concentrating on El-Rufai’s eight-year term as an appraisal of his basic principles, mission, and achievements as governor of Kaduna. It was authored by Emmanuel Ado, a Kaduna-based Journalist.
Despite belonging to different political parties, El-Rufai stated that he and his Rivers State counterpart had the same political ideology.
Those in attendance include Senator Uba Sani, Prince Arthur Eze, traditional rulers, top government officials and captains of industry.
The APC organ had zoned the Senate President to the South-South, Senator Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Deputy Senate President to the North-West, Senator Barau Jibrin (Kano) and this continues to spark controversy ahead of the inauguration of the 10th NASS in June.
Others are the Speaker of the House of Representatives (North-West) – Abass Tajudeen (Kaduna), and Deputy Speaker South East – Ben Kalu (Abia).
