THe Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has revealed that six serving commissioners in Rivers State would in December, resign their positions and defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He disclosed this while speaking at the official launch of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) Economic Empowerment and Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes in the 23 council areas of the state by the wife of the President, Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan, in speaking at Ozuaba in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, Wednesday.
Wike noted that the commissioners were still in government so that they will have made enough money in order to sustain themselves and their families before resigning their appointments.
Names of the commissioners were however not mentioned.
“Your Excellency, I want to say that today, August 6, you will call me that I said so. You can tell your security to remind you that I (Wike) said it here, in Akpor Grammar School, Ozuoaba, Obio/Apkor Local Government that PDP will win the governorship election and retain Rivers State.
“Let me also tell you (addressing the First Lady) that by December, six commissioners will resign and join us in PDP. The arrangement we had was that they should remain there (State Executive Council) and make enough money to take care of themselves and their families.
“If they resign now, they will be sacked. So, we want them to remain there and make enough money and join us then. I will not mention names, but when the time comes you will know them,” Wike said.
He faulted the empowerment programmes embarked upon by the Governor Chibuike Amaechi -led government, saying it was an afterthought.
“They are giving buses to local government areas. What they are doing is buying you over and they give you ‘tokunbo’ (used) buses.
“Look at what the First Lady is giving. These are brand new buses,” he said, even as he urged people of the state to continue to support President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife ahead of the 2015 elections.