‘Backing Fubara Is Our Best Chance To Escape Wike’s Self-aggrandizement’ – Tam-George

Former Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Austin Tam-George, has asserted that the administration of Governor Siminalayi Fubara is their best chance to escape the self-aggrandisement of Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.

Papers News reports that Tam-George made this statement on Thursday during an interview on ARISE Television’s ‘Prime Time’ programme.

Tam-George said Wike has taken self-aggrandisement to a new extreme, and citizens have objected.

He further faulted Wike’s administration as Governor of Rivers State, stressing that no civil servant was promoted during the eight-year tenure.

He said, “Administration is our best chance to escape Wike’s self-aggrandizement.

“The question of possible godfathers is not unique to Rivers State, as you probably know, but what is unique in terms of Rivers State is that we have a godfather who has taken prebendal politics to a completely new stratosphere.

“We have a former governor who has taken personal aggrandizement to the point where the people now have no choice but to say, no, this cannot be accepted.

“Those of us backing Fubara’s administration do so because it is our best chance to escape the prebendal, self-aggrandizing politics that Wike embodies.

“No civil servant was promoted in Rivers State throughout Wike’s eight-year administration.

“As I said before, Governor Fubara was quite wise enough to gravitate towards meeting the needs of the people.”