{"id":133440,"date":"2024-10-07T12:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T11:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/rivers-crisis-i-am-disappointed-in-wike-former-appointee-slams-fct-minister"},"modified":"2024-10-07T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:36:27","slug":"rivers-crisis-i-am-disappointed-in-wike-former-appointee-slams-fct-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/rivers-crisis-i-am-disappointed-in-wike-former-appointee-slams-fct-minister","title":{"rendered":"Rivers crisis: I am disappointed in Wike \u2013 Former appointee slams FCT minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Commissioner for Information in Rivers State, Austin Tam-George, has expressed disappointment at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, for allegedly destabilizing the state.<\/p>\n<p>The former commissioner who served under Wike\u2019s administration, spoke on Monday when he appeared on Channels Television\u2019s program, The Morning Brief.<\/p>\n<p>He accused his former boss of being the one orchestrating the unending political crisis in the state, saying he is disappointed at Wike\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very disappointed in what the minister is doing. He\u2019s the one orchestrating this. He\u2019s the one who has set forth a process to destabilise the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was commissioner for information in the previous administration and so I\u2019m highly disappointed in the minister. What I expected him to do was to, you know, focus on his mandate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tam-George urged the former governor to focus on his new job as the FCT minister and allow the incumbent governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s got a clear administrative mandate in the FCT. The FCT has one of the worst public schools in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has a full plate there in order to deliver service. But he\u2019s not doing that. Instead, he\u2019s focusing on how to destabilise River State, and obviously, Rivers people are going to resist him every time,\u201d the former commissioner added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former Commissioner for Information in Rivers State, Austin Tam-George, has expressed disappointment at the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, for allegedly destabilizing the state. The former commissioner who served under Wike\u2019s administration, spoke on Monday when he appeared on Channels Television\u2019s program, The Morning Brief. 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