According to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, he learnt how to cook because, as a child, every member of his family was involved in cooking.
Recall that Wike came into recent public spotlight when a video where he hosted Chief of Staff Femi Gbajabiamila and other high profile individuals in his Abuja residence made the rounds online.
He recently boasted of his culinary prowess in a media interview, noting that he prepares and eats his meals alone. He said his was an upbringing where the family often gets involved in food preparation, like grinding pepper and pounding okra.
According to the former Rivers State Governor, people find it a waste of time to cook, but he himself derives great fascination from the exercise.
Wike thereafter recalled how he welcomed his wife back from America with Okro and Okazi soup he personally cooked for her after she returned home upon the birth of their first child.
“I feel proud that I can cook, and I’m happy when I eat it,” Wike said. “I’m satisfied. What is in cooking? I’m hungry, I should go and call the chef to prepare?”
“Some of us were brought up in a home where if your mother is cooking, you are meant to stay in the kitchen. You make sure they prepare the pepper, you help to pound the okra.
“Some People may see it as a waste of time, but for me, it’s very Eld fascinating.
“My wife had her first child in the United States, the day she came back with my first son, I welcomed my wife with Okro and Okazi soup.”