Just In : I won’t campaign for any Presidential candidate – Popular Buhari’s Minister
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has vowed not to work for or against any of the four leading presidential candidates for the upcoming general election in the country.
Ngige, who is a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said the standard-bearer of the party, Bola Tinubu, and those of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party (LP) are all his friends and as such, he can’t campaign for or against any of them.
The Minister stated this on Wednesday, in his country home in Alor while speaking to journalists.
He said: “Malam Kwankwaso is my friend, I know him too as deputy speaker when he was deputizing Agunwa Anekwe, one of our party’s strong men
“Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Vice President (former) the Federal Republic of Nigeria was the man who was in the helm of affairs when I was ‘kidnapped’- when I was shoved out of office.
“He was standing in for Mr President (Obasanjo), who was in Maputo, and he ordered the Inspector General of Police then, to reinstate me to office.
“I also worked with him in the economic team- National Economic Council as the Vice President. So, I know him, and he is a friend of mine, and we also formed AC together.
“Peter Obi, my brother, my successor and my everything, I know him too and he is a friend. So, how do I campaign against any of them?
“Bola Ahmed Tinubu, my friend again – supportive. During trying times; we formed AC together. I became the known opposition Senator in the Eastern Region under the auspices and platform of the ACN. So, he is not somebody I don’t know
