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Don’t Shift Your Constitutional Roles To State Governors-Wike Tells Buhari
- “It is not when things are going bad concerning security, and you say you’re not in charge, and it becomes governors’ responsibility
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has made it known that it is unconstitutional for President Muhammadu Buhari, to shift his constitutional powers of securing lives and property of Nigerians to the state governors.
The governor in a statement by his media aide, Kelvin Ebiri said the President is the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces and cannot declare that governors are in charge of security in their respective states.
Gov. Nyesom Wike
Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of the 21 kilometres Odufor-Akpoku-Umuoye Road in Etche Local Government Area of the State on Tuesday, said such position, suggests that the All Progressives Congress-led federal government has lost grip of strategy on how to tackle the troubling security issues and make the country safe for Nigerians.
“Mr. President, you are the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. You appoint Inspector-General of Police, you appoint the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, the Commissioner of Police, Director of Department of State Service, and other heads of security.
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“Which one do we appoint? How can people appointed by Mr. President be under me?”
“It is not only to borrow money for Nigeria that you’re in charge. You must, also, be in charge of other things including security. Who signed order 10? Is it the governors?” he asked.
“It is not when things are going bad concerning security, and you say you’re not in charge, and it becomes governors’ responsibility,” Wike said.
Governor Wike admonished the APC-led federal government to own up that it can no longer fulfill promises made to Nigerians and also lead the country out of its present predicament, saying when there is a failure, what makes leadership respectable is that such leader is able to accept its weakness publicly.
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