6 Amaechi commissioners’ll resign, join PDP –Wike

Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said six serving commission­ers in Rivers State would in December, resign their positions and defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Names of the commis­sioners were not men­tioned. Wike also expressed op­timism that the PDP would win the governorship elec­tion in the state in 2015.

Speaking at Ozuaba in Obio/Akpor Local Gov­ernment Area of the state yesterday during the of­ficial launch of the Mil­lennium Development Goals (MDG’s) Economic Empowerment and Condi­tional Cash Transfer Pro­grammes in the 23 council areas of the state by the wife of the President, Dame Pa­tience Goodluck Jonathan, Wike said the commission­ers will have made enough money in order to sustain themselves and their fami­lies before resigning their appointments.

He told Mrs. Jonathan that she would remember that he (Wike) made the promise yesterday that the PDP would win the gov­ernorship election in the state and retain power af­terwards.

“Your Excellency, I want to say that today, August 6, you will call me that I said so. You can tell your security to remind you that I (Wike) said it here, in Akpor Grammar School, Ozuoaba, Obio/Apkor Lo­cal Government that PDP will win the governorship election and retain Rivers State.

“Let me also tell you (ad­dressing the First Lady) that by December, six commissioners will resign and join us in PDP. The ar­rangement we had was that they should remain there (State Executive Council) and make enough money to take care of themselves and their families.

“If they resign now, they will be sacked. So, we want them to remain there and make enough money and join us then. I will not men­tion names, but when the time comes you will know them,” Wike said.

He faulted the empow­erment programmes em­barked upon by the Gover­nor Chibuike Amaechi -led government, saying it was an afterthought.

“They are giving buses to local government areas. What they are doing is buying you over and they give you ‘tokumbo’ (used) buses.

“Look at what the First Lady is giving. These are brand new buses,” he said, even as he urged people of the state to continue to support President Good­luck Jonathan and his wife ahead of the 2015 elec­tions.

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