I’m Not Taking Sides With Israel Against Palestine, Says Wike

FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, yesterday, said his recent meeting with the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria was not to offer any support to Israel against Palestine in the ongoing conflicts between the two sides.

“I am here acting on delegation of powers on behalf of Mr. President. I cannot determine a relationship between a country and another country. So, it is difficult for anybody to say I am doing this, I am doing that. 

“Any foreign body that wants to have anything to do with Nigeria, it is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who will write to me and state that these people want to see me; it is simple.

“And when they come, it is in my position to say look, we want to partner you. Take for instance, you are going into agriculture and we want to partner, then we’ll tell you where exactly,” Wike said.

He insisted that his meeting with the Israeli Ambassador was purely to promote agricultural partnership in the interest of the farmers in the FCT.

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The minister said: “In Abuja, here, most of them have cultural farms and we say look, it is our own desire to help anybody who wants to invest in Abuja particularly in agriculture in order to employ our people and in order to get more revenue. It has nothing to do with another country.

“When our people begin to now think different angles and people may not understand that it is not correct. So, I will like to use this opportunity to say, look, we have to talk to our people. In fact, we must live harmoniously. We must live together to make sure that development is promoted.”