Wike Wants Gbajabiamila to Serve the Entire Country If He Emerges Speaker

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has called on the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to ensure that he serves the entire country if he eventually emerges the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the next assembly.

Speaking on Wednesday at the  Government House in Port Harcourt when he granted audience to the Majority Leader and his Campaign Team, Wike urged him to shun all forms of excessive  party politics and focus on delivering  development  to the country.

According to him, "My belief  is that we must work as a team irrespective  of the political party that we belong to. It is because of party, that the Electoral Act was not signed

"I will not support any candidate based on political party.  I will support  based on capacity to deliver.  We must work as a people."

The governor said  the political  party is simply  a vehicle  to drive people to their destination and after getting to the political destination, focus must be on the people.

He urged Gbajabiamila to always take Rivers State into consideration  in the next dispensation, pointing out  that the state was not favoured since 2015.

"Rivers State has suffered for the past four years because of party politics.  The federal government is refunding funds to states for federal projects executed, but the state  was excluded by the APC federal government," he stated.

He said because the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila,  has consulted with him, the leadership of Rivers State would favourably discuss  his election  as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, informed the Rivers State Governor that they were in the state to seek his support  and blessing for his ambition to head the next House of Representatives as speaker.

He said that the theme of his campaign is "nation building: A Joint Task". He assured Wike that he would carry all sections of the country along, irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political  affiliations.

"There is 30 years of legislative  experience between Idris Wase and me , which money cannot buy.  I know you  want the best for the country," he said.

Former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Austin Opara, said Gbajabiamila  has the capacity  to lead the House of  Representatives to greater heights in the interest of the country.

Director General of the Gbajabiamila and Idris Wase, Rt Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, said they resolved  to consult Wike because  he is a force to reckon with in Nigerian politics.