I’m best governor Rivers State ever produced — Wike

I’m best governor Rivers State ever produced — Wike

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike,  has responded to a recent allegation by former Governor Peter Odili that he turned Rivers State into his personal estate.Odili, who led Rivers State for eight years, accused Wike, also an ex-governor, of turning the oil-rich state into his personal property.Odili had commended Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State for preventing the FCT Minister from turning the state into his private estate.However, speaking at a luncheon in Port Harcourt on Friday, Wike fired back at the former governor.The minister denied converting Rivers State into his private estate.He said: “I never said so. I paid money for Rivers people to be medical doctors. I am trying to make Rivers State the medical hub of South-South Nigeria. How did I now come to convert Rivers State into a personal estate?“I am the best governor that Rivers State has ever produced. How did I convert Rivers State as my personal estate? And people will not answer simple question.”

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 - NigerianEye

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