Nyesom Wike who is the immediate past governor of Rivers State, has praised President Bola Tinubu for removing fuel subsidy, stressing that he is the kind of leader Nigeria needs now.
Speaking during a media chat on Tuesday afternoon which was monitored by Africa Today News, New York, Wike stressed that electing Tinubu was not a mistake.
According to Wike: ‘He has shown leadership from the first day he took the oath. If we are to tell ourselves the truth, it can’t be business as usual; this subsidy is gone. How many presidents can take such a decision? For me, that is leadership, and he’s prepared for the job.
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‘It’s a hard decision, but he has to take it, and no good leader who means well for his people will start playing games.
‘During his campaign, he said it; even PDP said it, so they all know that this is the problem for this country. We didn’t make a mistake; this is the kind of leadership we need in this country.’
This was coming barely 48 hours after Wike came out to assert that he is not too big to serve in the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and he will not for any reason turn down any appointment to serve in his government if he is offered any.
He, however, pointed out that he would seek the opinions of his wife and friends to know whether or not to take up any appointment offer from Tinubu.
Wike revealed these in an interview with BBC Pidgin, maintaining that his wife and friends are vital to the next decision he would make on that issue.
The former governor who clarified that the president has not informed him of such an issue, also said that he would need some rest after working for eight years.