Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has lauded the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for choosing the path of fairness and quality in the February 25 presidential election in the country.
El-Rufai, made this known while speaking as Special Guest at the commissioning of the Eneka-Igbo Etche Link Road in Obio-Akpo Local Government Area of the state,
He said:“I want to, on behalf of our presidential candidate and our party, thank you and the good people of Rivers State for making the right choice of voting for Aiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,” said El-Rufai, a powerbroker in the All Progressives Congress (APC).
“It is the first time since the Fourth Republic started in 1999 that the PDP was unable to get 25% in Rivers State. It shows that the people of Rivers State can differentiate and they know when to vote for quality and they voted quality over political sentiments. We want to thank you for providing that leadership, Governor Wike.”
The Kaduna governor lauded Wike for identifying with his people and providing them with developmental services adding that he, and Gov Wike share same passion in that regard.
Recall that the President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu(APC won in Rivers State after polling 231,585 to defeat Atiku( PDP) who scored 88,468 while Obi ( LP) received 178,039
After all results were collated,Tinubu was declared winner after winning 12 states and receiving a total of 8,794,727, as highest number of votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku who got 6,984,520 votes, while Obi polled 6,101,533.
El- Rufai also called for joint efforts irrespective of political affiliation to make Nigeria a better country .
“This country belongs to all of us and we have a duty to do all that it takes to make Nigeria an egalitarian, progressive and prosperous society,” the Kaduna governor said.
“As you rightly pointed out, we may be from different parties but we share a few things in common: we are Nigerians and we believe in Nigeria, we are governors and we belong to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and in our forum, we try to learn from one another.
“We have a peer review mechanism in which we draw lessons. And for me, it is important to visit Rivers State to see what lessons we can learn from your efforts at infrastructural transformation and human capital development,”
“I am here to extend our hand of fellowship to Governor Nyesom Wike and the people of Rivers State for us to continue to work together as brothers and sisters to make Nigeria a better place for everyone, no matter what religion, ethnicity, tribe, colour or creed,” he concluded.
Earlier, Wike had commended El-Rufai and his fellow Northern APC governors who championed power shift to the south, saying history will be kind to them for standing for justice and equity.
