"We need a man with experience and economic understanding to drive the country forward. We must save Nigeria. We have suffered. We must make a statement that we cannot continue like this," Wike said.
Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State, has appealed to Nigerians to work towards electing a president with administrative and economic experience to move the country forward.
He accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of stagnating development.
Wike stated this on Monday at the Government House, Port Harcourt, when the national president and executives of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) paid him a courtesy visit.
He said: "We need a man with experience and economic understanding to drive the country forward. We must save Nigeria. We have suffered. We must make a statement that we cannot continue like this.
"We must do the right thing and that is the only way this country can move forward. We should no longer have a president controlled by the cabal.
"Luckily, the next president is coming from the North. The excuse of North and South is no longer tenable. Nobody should deceive us.
"Nigeria is stagnated. It doesn't matter where you come from. As a medical doctor, ask yourself, in the last three years, has the country made any progress? This country has never been this divided. You must be healthy in a healthy country. You cannnot be well in an unwell country."
Earlier, Dr Tijo Kenneth Mingeh, First Vice President of the NMA, praised Wike for his investments in the health sector.
He said the doctors are in the state for the Physicians Week 2018 with the theme: 'Universal Health Coverage: Leaving No One Behind', noting that the theme is motivated by the need to improve health for all people and stamp out quackery.