Dear Wike, did President Tinubu really issue that directive?

Old habits, they say, die hard. So is the appetite for the limelight. As governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike held court every day and commanded the entire nation’s attention with his televised regular events where he was either flagging off or commissioning some projects. It was in those circuses, which had the full complement of a live band, that he treated Nigerians to the hit track: “as e dey pain them e dey sweet us. As e dey sweet us na so e dey pain them.” Wike could adopt showmanship as the chief executive of a state because governors in Nigeria act as emperors. But to continue in this trajectory as a minister where he is subservient to and serves at the....Read Full Article>>