The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Abdullahi Ganduje, says former Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike is willing to cooperate with the party.
This is as he boasted of the increasing fortunes of his party, saying discussions are on to get some opposition political parties to collapse into the APC.
The former Kano State Governor made this claim on Wednesday while giving an insight into the visit of minister-designate to his residence on Tuesday.
Asked whether Wike would be joining the APC as a minister in the President Bola Tinubu-led APC administration, Ganduje said the former Rivers governor is ready to cooperate with the ruling party without necessarily joining ship.
He said; “You know Wike is a honourable Minister-designate, so, he came we discussed because I was looking for him to congratulate him for that and also he came to congratulate me and we discussed that when he becomes minister fully, he will work very hard in order to move the ministry he is giving forward and he is ready to cooperate.
“But we didn’t discuss the issue of his coming to APC or not coming to APC. That issue will arise later”.
Ganduje also added that the nomination of Wike as minister was done in the spirit of national competence and not an attempt to enthrone a one-party system.
“The spirit of national unity does not mean the spirit of one party in Nigeria. Spirit of national unity means spirit of national competence”, he stated.
