The Presidency has
replied Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state for accusing the Federal
Government of favouring Lagos State above other states of the federation in the
fight against Coronavirus.
The Senior Special
Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Ajuri Ngelale, said Wike was only
using the Federal Government to cover-up his poor handling of the COVID-19
situation in Rivers State.
Ngelale while
answering questions on a live radio programme in Port Harcourt, said there was
no basis for the Governor’s comment, adding that no Governor in any part of the
country would have made such comment.
According to the
President’s SSA, “You will not hear anybody say the kind of things the Governor
of Rivers state said.
“He (Wike) is not
happy with the reaction of Rivers people to what he did. The kind of lockdown
that has no concern at all for ordinary people.
“How can he lock
down markets where people can no longer access basic goods and services and he
thinks that people are going to be happy?
“There are PDP
members who felt embarrassed by what their Governor did.
“And because he
wants to distract people from the mistake he made, he is now saying that
Federal government is giving Lagos money, they are not giving us money.
“As we speak, the
Federal Government is setting-up a 250-bed isolation centre in Rivers State
without them asking for it.”
Wike had accused the
Federal government of politicizing the management of Coronavirus in other
states of the federation after approving N10billion to support the Lagos state
government.
“While Lagos State
received a grant of N10billion as a commercial hub, Rivers State as the
nation’s oil and gas hub that produces a greater percentage of the nation’s
wealth has not received any support from the Federal Government,” he wrote.
“One wonders why
Federal Government should single out a state out of 36 States to give support.
Does it mean that support will come when a state has a record of over 50
infected persons before it gets support.
“No state should be
seen as more important than any other state. This is a Federal Republic. No
state is superior to others,” Wike said.
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