I Will Not Marginalize Any Part Of The Country In My Administration – Tinubu In Rivers State

The President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised to work tirelessly and relentlessly for the development of the Country without marginalizing any region in the areas of infrastructural development.

Tinubu, who is to be inaugurated as President on the 29th of May, stated this on Wednesday in Port-harcourt, the Rivers State capital.

The President-Elect is on a two-day visit to the state to commission projects executed by Governor Nyesom Wike led administration.

“I will not marginalize any region in my administration as President, but will leave legacy projects across the length and breadth of Nigeria,” he said at the commissioning of Rumuokwuta/Rumuola Flyover Bridge.

Tinubu praised Governor Wike for the developmental strides in Rivers State, particularly for the construction of 12 flyovers across the state capital, stating that posterity would kindly remember him.

Tinubu said with Governor Wike’s accomplishments in the state, Nigeria would need the outgoing Rivers State Governor in higher capacities.

On the political front, Tinubu thanked Wike and the people of Rivers State for their total support for him in the concluded presidential election.

Tinubu said, he is in the state in line with the promise he made during the campaigns in Rivers State, stressing that if you make a promise, then you must keep it.

“I will never forget the pivotal role the great and wonderful people of this state played in my victorious campaign to become the next President of this Country. You have my eternal gratitude.

“In His Excellency, Governor Wike, I see a man of principle. He took a principled stand that the presidency should be retuned to the South; and he had the courage to stand by his convictions, not minding whose ox was gored.

“He is, indeed, a man of great integrity. He did not choose to serve his own interests, rather, the interests of the nation and the people of Rivers State. I thank him for his selfless leadership,” he added.

In his speech, Wike said the invitation for Tinubu to commission projects in the state was a fulfilment of promise made during the President-elect’s campaign visit to Rivers State.

He expressed appreciation to Tinubu for agreeing to visit Rivers State and perform the commissioning.

Wike, who threw jibes at the leadership of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), applauded the election of Tinubu which, he said, had shamed naysayers.

The event was attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and Governors Abubakar Badaru (Jigawa), David Umahi (Ebonyi), Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Hope Uzodinma (Imo).

Others were former governors Dr Peter Odili (Rivers), Chief Bisi Akande (Osun), Chief James Ibori (Delta), Dr Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), Chief Timipre Sylva (Bayelsa) and Chief Ayo Fayose (Ekiti).

Others in attendance include governor-elect of Rivers State, Mr Sim Fubara, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare, Mr Dele Alake and Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim Imam, among others.