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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said he will not disclose his preferred presidential candidate in the 2023 election.
Ngige stated this while featuring on Channels Television programme, ‘Politics Today.’
When asked if he would endorse his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, or back the Igbo people to vote for Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, Ngige described the question as “difficult.”
“I have told you that I’m not active in politics.I’m not active in politics for now because I am facing a national assignment.
“Both of them are my friends. My choice will be in the ballot box. Whether conscience or no conscience, on that day in February, I’ll have one vote.
“It is a secret ballot, and I shouldn’t tell Nigerians what I would do secretly.
“Both men and their track records are good, but you must go into the nitty-gritty of your analysis.
“Asiwaju Bola Tinubu came to Lagos when there was nothing. I lived in Lagos so I can tell you. He did what he was supposed to do and reformed the financial system, and built a solid foundation and roadmap for his successors,” he said.
The minister added that Obi also did the same in Anambra State but couldn’t finish.
Ngige said Obi built on the foundation he laid as governor.
“For the first tenure, he did not do infrastructure, but then he realised that it was a grievous mistake,” he said.
When asked to rate whether Tinubu performed better than Obi, the minister declined.