APC reveals kind of politics Wike believes in

The opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers state has stated that Governor Nyesom Wike believes in the extreme form of politics which is rooted in pure lies, dishonesty and is totally lacking in morality.

The party spoke in response to Wike’s recent claim that the APC-led federal government deliberately plans to eliminate a greater percentage of the state’s population by its failure to act on environmental situation that has caused terrible situation in the state. 

Reacting in a statement issued by the state publicity secretary, Chris Finebone, APC said it is bizarre for a state governor to blame the federal government for deliberately using an environmental challenge to depopulate any part of the country, stressing that the governor’s outburst cannot be understood by a rational being.

“What can anyone say? Gov. Nyesom Wike believes in extreme politics based on total lack of morality, dishonesty and naked lies. We will rather leave Gov. Wike and his statement to Nigerians and posterity,” he said.

The statement continued, “The truth is that under Gov. Wike everything in Rivers State is going from bad to the bizarre and this includes logical reasoning. The governor was simply being disingenuous and we are not surprised that he made such a mendacious statement.

“Firstly, the issue of environment is on the residual list in the Nigerian constitution hence the inability of the Nigerian parliament to make its legislation on the environment binding on states and local governments. For example, despite the setting up of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) by the federal government, states and local governments reserve the right to or not to set up State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and Local Government Emergency Management Agency (LEMA) respectively.

For instance, Rivers State does not have SEMA and LEMA.

“In respect of the soot ravaging Port Harcourt and environs, it would have made sense if the governor listed actions the state government has undertaken towards arresting the dangerous situation rather than claim that his government has done the needful. What does Gov Wike precisely mean by doing the needful? He should specify what that means in clear times. For sure I can tell you that that statement is mere facade to cover up the ineptitude of Gov. Wike’s government in tackling this challenge. The state government has done absolutely nothing in that regard.”