Ibinabo Dokubo, a former presidential aspirant in the All
Progressives Congress (APC), says she is qualified to be a minister in the
incoming administration of Bola Tinubu, president-elect.
Dokubo, who declared her intention to run for president in
April 2022, did not contest the ruling party’s presidential primary in June
that produced Tinubu as the flagbearer.
Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, the former
aspirant said she deserves to be minister because she is qualified, and wants
to see Tinubu succeed in office.
“I declared before Asiwaju, when he indicated his interest
that he wanted to become the president – he stood a better chance of getting
the ticket. I’m still young, I still have more years ahead of me, so I withdrew
my interest,” Dokubo said.
“I don’t only deserve
to be a minister, I am qualified to be a minister. As a youth and as a leader
in the Rivers state APC. I have the capacity. I have something that I can bring
to the table, I have so many plans while I was running for president. I deserve
to be a minister.
“I can see Nyesom Wike running around Asiwaju and APC. This
is a party he once called a cancer party. Does Nyesom Wike want to be a cancer
minister?
“I’m not saying I must become [minister], but I must be part
of the process. Either I will or I will nominate. Asiwaju said his government
is going to be a youth government. In all categories, I’m qualified to be a
minister.”
‘I’M NOT HAPPY WITH APC’S NOMINATIONS FOR
N’ASSEMBLY’
Dokubo said lawmakers-elect should be allowed to elect who
they want as their presiding officers.
“When I got the news, I was not happy. I know the party is
supreme but equity fairness and justice are more supreme than the party. It is
better for them [lawmakers-elect] to go and vote,” she said.
“It [zoning] was not nice. They endorsed Godswill Akpabio
for senate president. He did well as the governor of Akwa Ibom. Akpabio did
well as a minority leader but as a minister of Niger Delta, Akpabio did not do
well. NDDC almost collapsed in the hands of Akpabio.
“For over two years,
it was a one-man show, one man sat on the affairs of NDDC.”
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