Wike only after Amaechi’s job –Okocha

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Tony Okocha is that the Chief of workers to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, a footing last occupied by Nyesom Wike, management Minister of Education. each Okocha and Wike hail from Obio/Akpor regime space that has been a serious battle ground within the in progress political crisis rocking the state.
Either by human style or providence, Okocha has continually transmitted political positions left by Wike. Indeed, Okocha was Wike’s government Assistant once the minister was Chairman of Obio/Akpor and went ahead to succeed Wike because the council boss. In 2011 once Wike had to vacate the workplace of Chief of workers and have become the Minister of State for Education, once more it had been Okocha UN agency succeeded him at the govt. House.
Over time, the cordial relationship between Okocha and his erstwhile boss became frosty and was any gathered by the prevailing political logjam within the state. currently they might best be said as political foes.
In this interview with CHRIS AGUNWEZE, Okocha descended therefore onerous on Wike and also the Grassroot Democratic Initiative (GDI) that is latter’s written document within the state. He dismissed the group as a gathering of “ragamuffins’’, stressing that the minister is barely victimization to organize for his office ambition, concealment underneath the ploy of effort for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election in 2015. consistent with him, the sole issue Wike is victimization to sustain his position as minister was fighting against Gov. Amaechi. He spoke additional on this, the state government’s drawback with the commissioner in Rivers and plenty of additional. Excerpts…

How tedious is your work as the chief of workers in a government house?
A lot of individuals have really given themselves functions and responsibilities sitting here as chief of workers. however my very own plan of Chief of workers is that you simply square measure AN aide to the governor UN agency is directly in-charge of the every day running of the affairs of the govt. house. you'll additionally perform sundry functions as directed by the governor UN agency appointed you.

What are the challenges?
It’s been so a bountied expertise, it’s difficult extremely. we have a tendency to square measure talking against the scenery of what everyone in African country is aware of is occurring in Rivers State. many indigenes of the state, UN agency for the most part square measure resident in Nigerian capital, have legitimate themselves to feast on the economy of the state and you have got a young man UN agency is governor of the state. UN agency aforementioned no, my being here isn't to share cash. i need to try to to comes, I created the guarantees after I was effort to be governor, I had in mind to serve my individuals let’s use the money that accrues to the state to serve the individuals. That invitations the difficulty as a result of sure persons suppose these monies square measure purported to be shared among U.S., we have a tendency to square measure the large boys, and to place that across, they came up with all kinds of bother, all types of allegations, on a daily basis and no day passes while not Amaechi did this, Amaechi did that. So, it’s been quite difficult.

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