Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, yesterday said President Muhammadu Buhari has an opportunity to address the demands of the people or put the country “on fire”.
His comment comes two days after the federal government met with leaders of the South-South region.
At the meeting, the South-South leaders demanded the restructuring of Nigeria, in line with the principle of true federalism.
In the interview, Wike touched on other issues, including the over-politicisation of governance in the South-South region and why Nigeria should implement state policing structures.
In response to a question about concerns raised by the Deputy Senate President and Nigeri-Delta lawmaker, Ovie Omo-Agege, who, on Tuesday during the federal government’s meeting with South-South leaders, had criticised the bloc’s governors for not consulting with federal representatives from the region before coming up with their demands, Wike described the criticism as a politicisation of governance.
The governor argued that the federal representatives should, instead, have reached out to the Governors.
