Remember there is tomorrow – wike
Admin l Tuesday, February 24, 2021
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria – Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike has joined other Nigerians in condemning the Nigerian Senate for confirming the former Service Chiefs whom they publicly said should be sacked for non performance as Non-career ambassadors.
The former services confirmed by the Senate are former Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Air Staff, Ibok Ibas; and former Chief of Naval Staff, Abubakar Sadique.
Addressing their infectiveness as service chiefs, the Senate then said, “ the time has come for Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; National Security Adviser, NSA, Major- General Mohammed Babagana Monguno; Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Yusuf Buratai; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Marshal Ibok- Ete Ibas to go because they have outlived their usefulness”.
Reacting to the Senate’s decision to confirm as ambassadors, those they described to have outlived their usefulness, Wike said Nigerians are disappointed with the National Assembly for confirming sacked Service Chiefs as ambassadors.
“I wonder why Senators who agreed with Nigerians when they decried the poor performance of the Service Chiefs will sit to clear them for another appointment.
“ Let me use this opportunity to express the dismay of most Nigerians to the Senate. Convey this to the Senate. We must be courageous in whatever we are doing. Everything must not be party affairs.
“ You (Senators) sat and discussed that they should dismiss the service chiefs. You said they’re not performing. Now the same people who were not performing, you have confirmed them as ambassadors. What kind of country are we?
“In anything we do, we must remember that there is tomorrow; our conscience is key. It’s not because I want to be a loyalist to a party. No. There are things you cannot reconcile at all”, Wike said.
