*Commissions projects in Ibadan
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
The Rivers State Governor, Barrister Nyesom Wike on Friday, said that Nigeria’s Presidency should be constitutionally rotated among the two main regions of North and South by all political parties.
Speaking at the commissioning of the 3.2 kilometres dual carriage Ibadan Airport Road named after Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo and the 500,000 Litres Aviation Fuel Storage and Dispensing Facility located within the Ibadan Airport, Alakia, the Rivers State Governor said this will give room for equity and fairness in the country.
According to Governor Wike, at present, Nigerians are aware that when power finishes from the South it will go to North. When it finishes from the North, returns back to South.
” I’m happy that Gov Makinde is one of those making history by making sure that power shifts to the South. I have told people that those who fight for change, those who fight for revolution, may not be the direct beneficiaries of that fight,” he said.
The Rivers State Governor added, ” But today history has it that all of us now are aware that when power finishes from the South it will go to North. When it finishes from the North, it will go to South”
” It doesn’t have to be in the constitution before it can be implemented. I thank Nigerians for standing firm to see that this issue materialised.”
He however, declared that Gov Makinde has shown that he has the capacity and that, “he has shown he is a man you can depend on. He has shown that he is a man that will not tolerate complete slavery.
“Let me on behalf of my entourage, thank you for according us this opportunity to commission this important project. I am not surprised with the performance of Seyi Makinde.”
Speaking further, Gov Wike said, ” he can only belong to the G-5 standing on their feet. It is those who are afraid and have nothing to offer that cannot stand firm and be bold and take a decision and say that . We must put this right, it doesn’t matter who is involved.
“Seyi is doing quite a lot of things. Somebody has said here that you (Makinde) are humble, your own humility is infectious but you are very dangerous. He is very humble. He doesn’t talk like us, but he is very dangerous. Somebody who is not talking when you see him in action, you will say is this Seyi really,”
The Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde in his remarks, disclosed that the completion and commissioning of the 3.2 kilometres road and the Aviation fuel tank projects were fulfillment of the promises he made to the people of the state.
Governor Makinde declared that the commissioning of the Airport Road is part of his vision to turn the surrounding areas of Ibadan Airport into an aerotropolis and that all the projects and policies of his government have ensured that Oyo State economy continues to grow.
” You are all welcome to the commissioning of the Dr Victor Omololu Olunloyo Ibadan Airport Road, which is part of our vision of turning the surrounding areas of Ibadan Airport into an aerotropolis. They have explained to us the other projects attached to it but history is being made here today because after the speeches here, for the first time, an aircraft will be fuelled at Ibadan Airport,” he said.
Stressing that, “those who are saying all the projects we have been carrying out are audio, they will see the video of the aircraft being fuelled here”, the governor called on the people of Oyo State to re-elect him on March 11, so that the state could move onto Omituntun 2.0, which is about the sustainable development of the state.
The governor stressed that his administration will continue to serve the good people of the state till the last day of his first tenure in office and that it will continue to honour heroes and leaders, who have served the state diligently.
