Some People Will Be Retired In 2023 – Wike

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Thursday said a lot of politicians after the 2023 elections will be retired.

The Peoples Democratic Party Governor stated this during the commissioning of the Rumukurishi flyover in Port Harcourt on Thursday.

According to Wike, 2023 will confirm those that will influence voters.

Wike called on people in Abuja to come to Rivers State and campaign for their candidates, adding that the state’s polling boots are not in Abuja.

He said, ”2023 will confirm to us those that have an influence on voters. Those that their people will listen to and vote.

“It is not only for you to be in Abuja and tell them whatever you’re telling them, come home because our polling boots are not going to be in Abuja.

“This election will retire people in 2023. If they win us we will go, if we win them they will go. In fact they have already gone”.

Governor Wike on Thursday also condemned the All Progressives Congress (APC) for failing to fulfil its promise of constructing a rail line from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri.

This is coming after the federal government on Wednesday conceded that it can’t complete the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri eastern rail line before the tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari ends in May 2023.

The Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo gave the update while fielding questions from newsmen after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.

Sambo was questioned on what is causing the delay in the completion of the railway project as promised by the current administration when he gave the update.

According to him, the inability to secure foreign loans that will make 85 per cent of the funds needed to execute the project available is responsible for the non-completion of the work as promised to Nigerians.