Rivers State Governor, Barr, Nyesom Wike has revealed why the media were not allowed to cover the meeting between him and the BoT of the People’s Democratic Party held yesterday in Port Harcourt.
The governor, in a statement after the meeting said he wanted the press to be present at the meeting but, the BoT Chairman, Adolphus Wabara objected and said the media should be briefed after the meeting.
According to him, he obliged because he respects elders.
Part of his statement reads,
But ordinarily that’s not the mindset that I had. My mindset is that I want the press to be here because so many facts have been distorted and that even when we go out to address the press we may not be able to explain the details to the press.
I believe that one of the things we should do in life is to keep our records straight and so we would know how to solve the problem.
When they ( press) are there, they hear directly what the person said, it gives a balanced story.
But if you say so, I have no problems. But frankly speaking this is what I had in mind”