Amaechi: I Fell Out With PEJ Cos I Refused To Share Rivers Money With Her
Rivers State Governor and Chairman of a faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that his refusal to surrender the state coffers to Dame Patience Jonathan led to the problem he was having with the Presidency.
He also blamed the resurgence in militancy and kidnapping on the backings the criminals were allegedly receiving from powers that be but assured that he would not renege on the oath of office to secure the state.
“Remember, when I became governor, I fought militancy.
Right there where you built a new house, there used to be a hole where they pass into the river and escape. The security report reached me and I came here and chased the militants away. I asked them to fence the school premises and block
that hole. I have to protect you because, it is my
responsibility. Some of the militants went to Lagos, Ivory Coast, Ghana etc.
“Today, they are back because the wife of the President brought them back to protest against me. I refused to give them money in Abuja because if I do that, I won’t be able to carry out any development project or finish the road from Rumuolumeni to Rumuepirikom. The quarrel between me
and the wife of the President is because she said I should bring your money, Rivers people money and share with her", Amaechi alleged.
He called on Rivers people and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to resist the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) from manipulating and rigging the 2015 general elections in the state.
Amaechi stated this yesterday during the joint graduation of students of University of Ibadan and Pioneer graduands of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education held at Rumuolumeni, in Port Harcourt.
He also expressed fears that if the PDP was allowed to rig and manipulate the election and President Jonathan was voted into office in 2015, poverty and underdevelopment would crumble the state.
According to him, “Now that, you are graduates, you are now eligible voters that can use your voters’ card to change society. Ask yourselves this question that I have always asked Rivers people. What have we (Rivers people) done to President Jonathan that he has refused to bring any project to Rivers State. We had to fight them before they could do the East-West road. I had to abuse the federal government
and they abused me back, before they could do the work you now see on that road. Our President, from the South-South has taken our oil wells from Soku in Rivers State to Bayelsa State. What about the 41 oil wells in Etche that was given to Abia State? Is the President or his wife from Abia State? Why do they want us to suffer? If President Jonathan comes back to power in 2015, Rivers State economy will crash".
He frowned at the consistent shortfall in oil revenue and the negative impact it had created to frustrate innocent Nigerians and urged the graduands to question the inconsistencies of the federal government.
“Graduands like you have the opportunity to ask the federal government to explain what they are doing with our money.
Since September this year, federal government has not been able to pay any state from the federal allocation. They said, they don’t have money. This is the first time that our President is emerging as the 6th richest person in Africa",
Amaechi said.
Amaechi equally tasked the graduands to register as eligible
voters ahead of the 2015 general elections.
He further blamed the failure of the Rumuolumeni road construction project to an indigene of the area and described Nyesom Wike as a Minister who was incompetent.
“I told the people of Rumuolumeni that we have awarded N1.5 billion for their internal roads and have also paid the indigenous contractor who is from the area the sum of N700 million. We said, Rivers money for Rivers people, because they don’t have capital.
“This man took the contract and gave it to a man who now wants to be governor. This man that is being backed by Mrs Jonathan gave N250 million to the indigenous contractor and disappeared with N450 million without constructing the road.
“And this is the man who wants to be governor, with
billboards screaming the concept of New Vision. What kind of vision is that for a thief? They have been thieves for too long, so it cannot be new vision.
“The only thing that is new is that he has industrialised stealing. The former Minister of State for Education in a radio interview said, he 'shedded tears'. Everyone knows there's no word like that", he said.
He also blamed the resurgence in militancy and kidnapping on the backings the criminals were allegedly receiving from powers that be but assured that he would not renege on the oath of office to secure the state.
“Remember, when I became governor, I fought militancy.
Right there where you built a new house, there used to be a hole where they pass into the river and escape. The security report reached me and I came here and chased the militants away. I asked them to fence the school premises and block
that hole. I have to protect you because, it is my
responsibility. Some of the militants went to Lagos, Ivory Coast, Ghana etc.
“Today, they are back because the wife of the President brought them back to protest against me. I refused to give them money in Abuja because if I do that, I won’t be able to carry out any development project or finish the road from Rumuolumeni to Rumuepirikom. The quarrel between me
and the wife of the President is because she said I should bring your money, Rivers people money and share with her", Amaechi alleged.
He called on Rivers people and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to resist the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) from manipulating and rigging the 2015 general elections in the state.
Amaechi stated this yesterday during the joint graduation of students of University of Ibadan and Pioneer graduands of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education held at Rumuolumeni, in Port Harcourt.
He also expressed fears that if the PDP was allowed to rig and manipulate the election and President Jonathan was voted into office in 2015, poverty and underdevelopment would crumble the state.
According to him, “Now that, you are graduates, you are now eligible voters that can use your voters’ card to change society. Ask yourselves this question that I have always asked Rivers people. What have we (Rivers people) done to President Jonathan that he has refused to bring any project to Rivers State. We had to fight them before they could do the East-West road. I had to abuse the federal government
and they abused me back, before they could do the work you now see on that road. Our President, from the South-South has taken our oil wells from Soku in Rivers State to Bayelsa State. What about the 41 oil wells in Etche that was given to Abia State? Is the President or his wife from Abia State? Why do they want us to suffer? If President Jonathan comes back to power in 2015, Rivers State economy will crash".
He frowned at the consistent shortfall in oil revenue and the negative impact it had created to frustrate innocent Nigerians and urged the graduands to question the inconsistencies of the federal government.
“Graduands like you have the opportunity to ask the federal government to explain what they are doing with our money.
Since September this year, federal government has not been able to pay any state from the federal allocation. They said, they don’t have money. This is the first time that our President is emerging as the 6th richest person in Africa",
Amaechi said.
Amaechi equally tasked the graduands to register as eligible
voters ahead of the 2015 general elections.
He further blamed the failure of the Rumuolumeni road construction project to an indigene of the area and described Nyesom Wike as a Minister who was incompetent.
“I told the people of Rumuolumeni that we have awarded N1.5 billion for their internal roads and have also paid the indigenous contractor who is from the area the sum of N700 million. We said, Rivers money for Rivers people, because they don’t have capital.
“This man took the contract and gave it to a man who now wants to be governor. This man that is being backed by Mrs Jonathan gave N250 million to the indigenous contractor and disappeared with N450 million without constructing the road.
“And this is the man who wants to be governor, with
billboards screaming the concept of New Vision. What kind of vision is that for a thief? They have been thieves for too long, so it cannot be new vision.
“The only thing that is new is that he has industrialised stealing. The former Minister of State for Education in a radio interview said, he 'shedded tears'. Everyone knows there's no word like that", he said.
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