The Governor of Bauchi State and 2023 Presidential hopeful, Bala Mohammed has declared that Nigerians will be luckier to have Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike as their next President.
The governor asserted that it is important that Nigerians get to consider giving Wike the opportunity to serve them at the national level because the Rivers governor is a man with the vision of knowing how to harness resources in improving the quality of life of the citizenry.
He maintained that ‘if Rivers State is lucky to have Wike, Nigerians will be luckier’.
Governor Mohammed made this assertions while speaking at the flag-off of construction work at the site of the Rumukwurushi-Elimgbu flyover in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, on Monday.
Governor Mohammed said that he had disclosed his intention to run for the presidency, but he knows in accomplishing that goal, there are people that are of better quality considered to have such capacity to do much better.
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‘And there are people that you will do it with them so that at the end of the day if you are doing it, you’re doing it with harmony, you’re doing it with synergy, you’re doing it with stakeholding in a manner that you will rescue Nigeria from the present situation of maladministration.
‘On behalf of everybody here, I want to say thank you to you because I wish you’ll be given the opportunity to bring this type of vision to the national level where you will be able to come and contribute your quota.’
The Bauchi State Governor said he felt humbled and honoured to flag-off the Rumukwurushi-Elimgbu flyover project, which is the 10th flyover that Governor Wike has provided for his people within his second tenure.
‘Again, you can see the fidelity. The sincerity of purpose. I am not in my second term but I cannot remember any second-term governor doing this kind of infrastructure, delivering to his people.
‘He is not here for himself. I am not praising him. There is nothing that he will give me that I don’t have. But I really envy him for what he is. He is for his people.
‘When some second term governors are busy preparing to go home, this man is even breaking new frontiers, doing new projects, and giving timelines and finances that will be able to be delivered during his tenure.’
Governor Mohammed said Governor Wike has distinguished himself as the new face of leadership in Nigeria. Such leadership style, according to him, has raised the bar of subnational leadership in the country, making it more attractive and a thing of pride to be associated with the Rivers State governor.
‘Some of his templates that have really been implemented; some of them, you can touch them in terms of improving the quality of life of our people.
‘We are copying from him because we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. He has done so much. He says the truth and does the right thing. You can see the conceptualization. The way and manner the projects were conceptualized and financed.’
Governor Mohammed pointed out that that barely one year to the general elections, he can only imagine that a governor would love his people so much and continue to invest resources for the progress of their society and economy with new projects.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK
