Wike, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media in Abuja on Saturday, described the incident as an embarrassment to the people of the state.
While apologising to the First Lady and President Bola Tinubu on behalf of the people of Rivers, he said: “an insult on anyone representing the First Lady of Nigeria is a direct insult on Tinubu.
“As a leader in Rivers, I apologise.”
News Men reports that some women, led by some sacked local government vice-chairmen in the state, had, on Friday, staged a walkout during a Renewed Hope Initiative Empowerment programme in Port Harcourt.
News Men also reports that the programme was organised by the Office of the First Lady to distribute various empowerment items to 500 women in the state.
Items, such as The 500 deep-chest freezers, gas cookers with ovens, generators and industrial grinding machines, were distributed to the beneficiaries to boost their small-scale enterprises.
The minister, who is currently in China for official engagements, described the incident as ‘very disturbing and embarrassing’.
He cautioned supporters of the suspended governor to desist from ridiculing the state.
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