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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has revealed why he and other stakeholders rejected plans to make a former Senate President, David Mark, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Speaking during a media chat on Monday, Wike, a former Rivers State Governor, said he resisted pressure to make David Mark the national chairman of the opposition party.
He said: “Let me tell you something. When we started having issues of National Chairman in North-Central, there was pressure for David Mark to be National Chairman of PDP. We refused.”
On why he rejected Mark, Wike said: “Why not? What good will he bring to the party?”
Questioning Mark’s impact as Senate President, the Minister said holding a position is not enough without tangible contributions to national development, stressing that he would rather support a fresh face with genuine reformist intentions than career politicians with long tenures but little track record of impact.
He said: “He has been a Senate President in the party for 8 years. What are the things that happened? What is the improvement?” Wike asked rhetorically.
“I have told you here, I prefer somebody who has not had any position, who has come to tell me that, ‘Look, I am doing this because I want to help with change, to achieve this and that.’”
“I will not listen to anybody who has been in power for years, who has refused to contribute anything to the development of the country, and now you come to tell me this story that, ‘Look, we need to rescue this country.’ You were there, the country was sinking, did you rescue it?” Wike queried.
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