The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has expressed happiness over his inclusion in the campaign team for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election despite not being a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Wike said Tinubu’s decision to accommodate individuals
outside the ruling party showed that the president’s re-election campaign was
not restricted to APC members but also included supporters willing to
contribute to his victory.
The minister spoke on Tuesday during his monthly media
parley in Abuja.
According to Wike, the president recognised that some
individuals who were not members of the APC had contributions to make towards
his re-election and decided to accommodate them.
“So my thinking is that the president said, look, there are
those who are not members of our political parties, but have something to offer
for his re-election, and it will be proper to accommodate them so that we are
able to offer whatever they may call it,” he said.
Wike explained that the arrangement reflected cooperation
between APC members and supporters of Tinubu, despite their different political
affiliations.
“Some don’t want to see the word coalition, but if you see
that word PBAT slash APC, were the members of the party, and supporters of Mr
President working together to achieve one purpose,” he added.
The FCT minister cited Anambra State Governor Chukwuma
Soludo and Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke as examples of non-APC governors
involved in coordinating support for Tinubu’s re-election.
“You can see Professor Soludo, Governor of Anambra State,
who is the coordinator for Anambra State. You can see Governor Adeleke, who is
not a member of APC, but the coordinator for Mr President, and then my humble
self, who is not a member of APC, but a strong coordinator for the president in
Rivers and the FCT,” Wike said.
He maintained that Tinubu’s re-election should be viewed as
a broader political project involving people beyond the ruling party.
“It tells you that it’s not necessarily just APC. Like we
are saying that the re-election of Mr President should not just be about the
APC,” he said.
Wike added that the arrangement demonstrated that Tinubu had
supporters across political divides who wanted him to remain in office.
“So that is giving holistic view that there are those who
are ready for Mr President to be elected to continue the good work we think he
is doing for Nigeria. Frankly speaking, we are happy to be part of it,” he
said.
DAILY POST reports that Wike, a former governor of Rivers
State, has remained a prominent supporter of Tinubu despite his continued
association with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
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