Rivers State Governor, Nyesom
Wike has said Nigeria is in severe crisis while everyone is living in pretence.
Wike said the country was in
crisis because of poor governance, nepotism, marginalization and
state-sponsored repression which had continued to jeopardize national unity and
cohesion.
The governor also appealed to all
well-meaning Nigerians to call on the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed to
stop stoking the embers of disharmony and divisions in the polity with his
“irresponsible utterances and wild allegations against members of opposition
political parties.”
The Governor said this while
declaring open the All Nigeria Editors’ Conference holding in Port-Harcourt.
The governor noted that the
clamour for political restructuring, fiscal federalism, State police and
guarantee for free and fair elections had never been so determined across the
country.
He said the calls will never go
away, pointing out that it was becoming clearer by the day that to ignore it
was pretentiously dangerous to the unity and peaceful co-existence of this
country.
According to him, “We are only
pretending, we think that all is well with our country.
“The country is in crisis as poor
governance, nepotism, marginalization and state-sponsored repression continue
to do violence to nation unity and cohesion.
“At times like this, the country
needs forthright leadership and consensus building to steer the ship of state
from the wrong direction it is headed to safer grounds.
“Nigerians of goodwill must
therefore call the Minister of Information to stop stoking the embers of
disharmony and divisions in the polity with his irresponsible utterances and
wild allegations against members of opposition political parties.
“For some of us therefore, there
is nothing nobler than being counted on this path and as long as God gives us
breathe we shall remain in the trenches fighting for our democratic rights and
freedoms until victory is ultimately achieved.
“But, we also believe that this
is a fight that should and must be led by the media for full effect and agenda
setting. This calls for greater vigilance and courage in giving effective voice
to the contending issues and taking personal responsibility for factuality.
It can’t be otherwise.
“Therefore, when a supposed
opposition goes beyond the bonds of decency in conjuring lies to rubbish and
undermine every effort of ours to serve and advance the progress of the State,
then the media owes society the duty to investigate and expose their
mischievous intentions with the facts at their disposal.
“At any rate, those who live in
glass houses, they say, should avoid throwing stones,” he said.
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Wike your the only outspoken governor within ss/se thanks very much for speaking out loud
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