3 Reasons Wike Lost Out In PDP VP Slot

<h4>&NewLine;3 Reasons Wike Lost Out In PDP VP Slot<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that fresh facts have emerged as how last minute politicking swayed the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate&comma; Atiku Abubakar&comma; to picking Delta State Governor&comma; Ifeanyi Okowa&comma; as his running mate&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Clearly&comma; three reasons have been advanced as reasons Nyesom Wike lost out&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to information&comma; it was gathered in Abuja&comma; on Thursday&comma; that although the consultative committee set up to assist Atiku pick a running mate was predominantly favourably disposed to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">Rivers State Governor&comma;<&sol;a> Nyesom Wike&comma; the candidate opted for Okowa&comma; whom he felt was level headed and had the right temperament to add value to the ticket&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A source explained that the candidate held meetings which lasted into the early hours of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;this morning&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;The source said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The candidate has to prove very early enough that he is his own man&period; The decision for him to pick Okowa was made easy by the fact that he was on the list of those short listed&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There were also pressures from powerful interests who citied Wike’s hard stance on issues of taxation especially with respect to the Rivers State court case against the Federal Government&comma; on the Value Added Tax&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Considering the fact that the Vice President will be in charge of the economy&comma; a number of people felt it would be too risky to have someone with Wike’s temperament in charge&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is also the issue of legislative liaison&period; The candidate &lpar;Atiku&rpar; explained and rightly too that Okowa&comma; who was a Senator was better placed to build synergy between legislators and the executive&period;”<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON&comma; a Nigerian politician and lawyer is the sixth and current Governor of Rivers State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He is an Ikwerre from Rumuepirikom in Obio-Akpor&comma; Rivers State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Wike who is happily married with children was educated at Rivers State University of Science and Technology&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;