Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has thanked the people of Rivers State for voting quality over political sentiments.
He also appreciated the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike for backing power rotation to Southern Nigeria.
The Kaduna State governor expressed his appreciation during the commissioning of Eneka-Igbo Etche link road in the Obio-Akpo Local Government Area of the state.
El-Rufai disclosed that the people of the oil-rich South-South state voted quality over political sentiments.
According to him, “I want to, on behalf of our presidential candidate and our party, thank you and the good people of Rivers State for making the right choice of voting for Aiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“It is the first time since the Fourth Republic started in 1999 that the PDP was unable to get 25% in Rivers State. It shows that the people of Rivers State can differentiate and they know when to vote for quality and they voted quality over political sentiments. We want to thank you for providing that leadership, Governor Wike.”
El-Rufai reiterated that Nigeria belongs to all and urged the PDP governor to continue to work together with the Northern APC governors who backed the power shift to Southern Nigeria.
“This country belongs to all of us and we have a duty to do all that it takes to make Nigeria an egalitarian, progressive and prosperous society.
“As you rightly pointed out, we may be from different parties but we share a few things in common: we are Nigerians and we believe in Nigeria, we are governors and we belong to the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and in our forum, we try to learn from one another.
“We have a peer review mechanism in which we draw lessons. And for me, it is important to visit Rivers State to see what lessons we can learn from your efforts at infrastructural transformation and human capital development.
“I am here to extend our hand of fellowship to Governor Nyesom Wike and the people of Rivers State for us to continue to work together as brothers and sisters to make Nigeria a better place for everyone, no matter what religion, ethnicity, tribe, colour or creed,” the Kaduna State governor said.
