Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, has refuted reports of being sick.
Wike assured that he is hale and hearty, while attributing reports of him being sick to naysayers.
He spoke in an interview with BBC Pidgin that will be released on Saturday evening.
According to Wike: “As I’m talking to you, do I look like somebody that is sick? Looking at me, will you think I’m above 30 years? I’m very well.”
Speaking about him grooming his son for politics, Wike said: “What’s wrong with that?”
In April, Wike was alleged to have collapsed during a function at the presidential Villa in Abuja and was immediately rushed out of Nigeria for an urgent medical attention.
Two days later, Wike made a public appearance when he joined other dignitaries on a Sallah homage to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa.
During the visit, Wike appeared in high spirits, which downplayed the rumour over his health.
His media aide, Lere Olayinka, had also dismissed the reports which he described as false.
However, the former Governor of Rivers State, denied the reports, saying it was an attempt to divert attention from the revelation made by the immediate past Rivers Head of Service, George Nwaeke, regarding the explosion at the Rivers State House of Assembly.