{"id":33775,"date":"2020-12-23T17:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T17:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=33775"},"modified":"2020-12-23T17:01:13","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T17:01:13","slug":"insecurity-wike-slams-ngf-pgf-for-keeping-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/insecurity-wike-slams-ngf-pgf-for-keeping-silent","title":{"rendered":"Insecurity: Wike slams NGF, PGF for keeping silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has challenged the Nigeria Governors Forum to stop mincing words and speak against the heightened insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike said this during the commissioning of the Obagi-Woji Street in GRA, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor, who said his administration is committed to developing the state, added that it was wrong for the Governors forum to sit on the fence in a matter that is ravaging the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything has collapsed in the country. Security has collapsed, the economy has collapsed, there is nothing working in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople should know that we are not just talking because we want to talk. I heard they say the Progressives Governors and the Governor\u2019s forum are speaking on the level of insecurity. No! They should come out and say that the party in power has failed Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians gave power to the APC. Therefore; they must own up that they have failed Nigerians,\u201d Wike said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has challenged the Nigeria Governors Forum to stop mincing words and speak against the heightened insecurity in the country. Governor Wike said this during the commissioning of the Obagi-Woji Street in GRA, Port Harcourt. 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