… Says, “He is a man of integrity”
By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The FCT Minister, Barr. Nyesom Wike, has praised the People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, as he marked his 60th birthday, describing him as a man of strong character and integrity.
Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, stated this in a statement on Sunday.
According to the statement, the FCT Minister who spoke during Anyanwu’s birthday celebration and presentation of a book titled; “Sam Daddy In My Eyes” in Abuja, on Saturday, assured the PDP scribe of his continued support.
Wike said, “My friends and I congratulate you on your 60th birthday and for your victory as the substantive National Secretary of the PDP.”
“I am happy with the crowd I am seeing here. It shows you’re a man of the people.”
“Let me assure you, for people like us, we will stand with you; we will continue to be with you. It doesn’t matter what the people will say.”
He urged the new PDP National Secretary to walk with his head high, having emerged victorious, should never beg anyone, nor honour anybody’s invitation.”
“Nobody fights a war, wins the war and begs. You have won, the people concerned should come and talk to you and not invite you.”
“You don’t fight a war and win and then people will say come, no, tell them, you, come to me.”
“You have people like me, so don’t be afraid; I am here. We have done it before; we will do it again. Some people will not be happy; I am happy.”
“When e dey pain them, e de sweet us, as e dey sweet us e de pain them,” he retorted..
Wike emphasized that “what makes a man is his character and not how much money he has or the food he provides. If you don’t have character, go to hell with your food.”
He said he had always told people to try to show where they stand, and recalled advising Anyanwu to stand firm on the PDP’s Secretary’s crisis because some people were not straightforward.
“Some people are going right, they are going left, they are going front, and they are going backwards.”
“What they say in the morning, what they say in the afternoon, is it what they will say at night?
“So I warned him, if you know you will not stand firm, say it now. I also asked him, are you sure you can stand this fight?
“A fight where virtually everybody, including governors are fighting you, will not be easy, but if you stand firm you will win.”
“However, if you begin to go left, and you go right, not only will you lose, you will suffer, and he assured me that he will stand firm and will not change,” he said.
The minister, who said he is like people who are consistent in life, praised Anyanwu for being consistent, saying, “you have shown me, with what had just happened recently, that you are a man who will stand by his words.”.l
The equally commended former Senate President Bukola Saraki for attesting to Anyanwu’s steadfastness as a man of his words.
“His mother called me the other day and said ‘my son, I am happy that people like you will take decisions, stand firm and swear not to be disgraced.”
“This is what we are talking about, people of character. You don’t buy it in the market,” he said.
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