Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi State, says Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike’s vision is most needed at the national level, and that Nigeria will be fortunate to have him as president.
Although Mohammed has declared his intention to run for President in 2023, he believes Wike is the best candidate to save Nigeria from the current apex government’s mismanagement.
He urged Nigerians to consider giving Wike the chance to serve them at the national level.
On Monday, Mohammed announced the start of construction work on the Rumukwurushi-Elimgbu flyover in Rivers State’s Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.
This was contained in a statement released to the media by Wike’s media aide, Kelvin Ebiri.
He maintained that if Rivers was fortunate to have Wike, Nigerians would be even more fortunate to have a man with the vision to know how to harness resources in order to improve the citizenry’s quality of life.
“On behalf of everybody here, I want to say thank you to you (Wike) because I wish you’ll be given the opportunity to bring this type of vision to the national level where you will be able to come and contribute your quota,” Mohammed stated.
“When some second term governors are busy preparing to go home, this man is even breaking new frontiers, doing new projects, and giving timelines and finances that will be able to be delivered during his tenure,” he added.
Wike stated in his speech that his administration owes it to the people of Rivers to provide social services and quality projects that will improve their living conditions.
He explained that the Rumukwurushi-Elimgbu Flyover was the tenth and final flyover built as part of his administration’s promise to the people.
Wike assured that it would be delivered within the next ten months because the contractor, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, had already received 80% of the contract sum.
