TheGoodJoe:


Attack the messenger and not the message. We know this. Emir Sanusi had his defence for the allegations from the corrupt cronies. The allegations were not proven but the PWC proved him right.

The fsct is that PWC proved Emir Sanusi was right that the NNPC did not remit Billions of dollars. So you can choose to attack him or face the fact that he exposed one of the highest corruption scandal in the history of Nigeria.

247notire:
What do you mean by the allegations were not proven? A person that was indicted by the FRC and other investigsting bodies and ur saying this? Where did he get his 3 figures from? NNPC has always been corrupt so nothing new thr but PwC's report did not confirm the figures missing to be any whr near wat Sanusi was flinging around. NNPC needs to be thoroughly probed from 1991 till date no doubt but Sanusi was just making noise to attract empathy as he knew he wud be indicted. He wanted to be seen as a victim who was sacked cos he "exposed" corruption in NNPC. That man is a crook and nothing more.

TheGoodJoe:


Who made him crook, you? You are just spreading propaganda and attacking the messenger. We debated Emir Sanusi's sack. It was illegal.

Emir Sanusi is not hiding. The message was he exposed the massive diversion in the NNPC. The PWC report proved it was true.

Attacking the Emir does not change the fact that his exposure was true. Attacking the figures he released does not change the fact that NNPC did not remit Billions of dollars.

Attack the message, Not the messenger.

247notire:
Seems u haven't been understanding or reading my points so far. Yes NNPC is corrupt, we don't even need Sanusi to blow any false whistle to know this. I'm attacking Sanusi because he was just running mouth and making bogus claims which he never backed up with any form of evidence. Seems ur one of those who is very gullible and will believe anything just to assuage your belief that the last govt was the most corrupt, something that we know to be a propagandist claim by APC. I'm attacking him cos he cannot just make claims without evidence or proof. He was just blabbing. At the risk of repeating myself, let me say again that NNPC is very corrupt and did not even need Sanusi to say anything b4 we know. NNPC needed and still needs to be probed from 99 till date.

TheGoodJoe:


Your the one not listening to yourself. Emir Sanusi did not make bogus claims. The PWC report revealed he was right. NNPC diverted Billions of dollars.

If Emir Sanusi did not blow the Whistle, PWC report and audit would not happen. Emir Sanusi needs commendation for that.

What other evidence do you want after a report released by an auditing firm confirmed NNPC not remitting Billiins of US dollars.

dollyjoy:
What is the point of building a new one when the existing ones are substandard?whatever happens to upgrading the existing ones?

BIAFRANFLAG:
Are you sure you actually read and understand the OP


THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN NIGERIA WHEN COMPLETED AND NIGERIANS WILL STOP GOING TO GHANA WHEN COMPLETED.

STOP COMMENTING ON WHAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

BIAFRANFLAG:
Are you sure you actually read and understand the OP


THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN NIGERIA WHEN COMPLETED AND NIGERIANS WILL STOP GOING TO GHANA WHEN COMPLETED.

STOP COMMENTING ON WHAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

TonyeBarcanista:

Is it not ironic that though there isn't petroleum resources in Kaduna state, Nigeria still has a refinery there? Is it not funny that the government of Yar'adua moved to establish the National Petroleum College, Kaduna state in 2009 even when we have PTI(Efurun)? A wise Obj brought NIMASA and NPA to Lagos because of the ports' activities but our own couldn't relocate NNPC, Niger Delta ministry and Amnesty office to the Niger delta region.

ElCule:
There is a reason why northerners call him one of their own, and the true Niger Deltans call him Judas of Ubima.

InvertedHammer:

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Exactly my point.

The struggle for the presidency is for the protection of the interests of the region. This is why Buhari is being accused of running Northern agenda.

GEJ was a nominal president from ND. The road network in SE and SS were in shambles. No 2nd River Niger bridge. PH International airport is an eyesore. The fight with Amaechi trumped the entire interests of the people of Rivers State.

An Hausa president will have no qualms deploying Julius Berger to all the nooks and crannies of the North any day and any time. I won't be surprised if Buhari relocates the school to Daura. The worst thing that will happen is that opinion writers will litter pages of newspaper and online media with their drivel. And that will be it.

TonyeBarcanista:
Ofcourse Daura need development. Look at Orubebe, he couldn't even fix East-west road despite the huge billions and despite the fact that a yorubaman called Obasanjo initiated the project. Look at the patriotism of the Northerners and yorubas. An average yorubaman put Yoruba nation first when advocating for interest. This is patriotism. Awolowo though a nationalist also projected his people's interest because politics is local. Buhari executed lots of project as PTF boss in the north, same he did in the south. If you observe, outsiders have been morr lenient to us than our own people that only fight for themselves alone.

Abagworo:


Northerners have proven to be nationalists over and over. Visit East-West Road today and see the level of construction or count the refineries, Aluminium plant, Petrochemical plants and all others credited to Northern led Government.

BoleynDynaSTY:


Who are the THEY?

alaskido:
This Amaechi man does not want development in the Niger Delta where he came from. He wants to develop the North like Jonathan did and the same northerners voted him out.

Amaechi, North, South, East of West, home is always the best. You will come back and join us one day after your tenure. One day one of your sons or daughters will like to study Maritime and you will send her to Zaria where she will be killed by Boko Haram.

TheGoodJoe:

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Model Primary schools

At the inception of his administration, Governor Chibuike Amaechi placed a state of emergency on Education and took over the responsibility of Primary schools from the Local Government Councils. The Governor came up with the idea of building new model Primary schools to the standard of the United Nations and obtainable in developed parts of the world. With a target of 700 Model Primary Schools, the Amaechi administration has completed 500 across the 23 Local Government Areas of the State. They are equipped with ICT facility, modern library, science laboratory, football field, basketball pitch, volleyball pitch and Nursery playground.

Model Secondary Schools

24 model Secondary Schools are being built, 1 in each Local Government Area, well structured and fully equipped with modern day educational, recreation and boarding facilities with standard housing for teachers, these secondary schools have grossly been referred to by observers as Universities.

Power Generation, the government targets 715 megawatts of Power to ensure adequate power supply in the State. 460 mega watts have been completed, 130MW at Trans Amadi, 150MW at Omoku, 180MW at Afam. 75MW at Onne is still ongoing while another 180MW at Afam is underway to make a total of 715 Mega Watts.

Aerial view of Azikiwe Road showing Monorail tracks (1)

Over 170 roads, more of which are in the rural areas. All the roads are being built with drainages. Some of the major roads have been converted to dual carriageways with walkways, streetlights and greenery as well as drainages, most of them underground. Others are being converted to six lane highways. Some of the roads are:

Rumuola Road (completed).
First Bank/Rumuobiakani/Old Aba Road (completed).
Oginigba /Slaughter Road (completed).
The Elekahia/Rumuomasi road (completed)
Rukpakwulusi/Eneka/ Igwuruta road
The Rumuokwuta/Choba Road (almost completed)
Eneka/Igbo-Etche/ Iriebe road
Ozuboko/Elelenwo road- the road from Peter Odili road cutting across Woji to Elelenwo.
Rukpokwu/Eneka/Eligbolo road
Rukpokwu/Rumuagholu /Aluu road
Ozuoba/Rumuparaeli/Choba road
Rukpakwulusi /Eligbolo /Rumuodomaya road,
Rumuekini/ Aluu road,
Rumuibekwe/Elelenwo road and bridge
Ken Saro Wiwa road-also known as Stadium road (about 70 percent completed)
Rumuagholu /Ada George road
Woji/Okujagu/Elelenwo road.
Aba road to Oyigbo- from the Flyover at Rumukwurusi/Eleme junction to the toll-gate and to the bridge.

Some major rural roads projects being funded by the Amaechi Administration include:

The Okirika Ring Road
The Ogoni/Andoni/Opobo Unity Road
The Bonny- Bodo road
Omofo/Agba/Ndele road leading to Abua.

A lot of other rural roads and internal roads in some Local Government Areas amounting to over 70 per cent of the Road projects constructed by the Amaechi administration has been completed and some still ongoing.

The major Flyovers are:

The Eleme Junction Flyover/interchange (completed)

The Agip/Rumueme/Abacha road Junction Flyover on Ikwerre Road

Tam David-West/East-West Road Flyover by Obiri Iwerre

Eliozu Junction flyover on Chief G.U Ake Road; and

Rumukurusi flyover,

Some of the bridges are:

The Ikuru Town Atlantic Ocean Bridge in Andoni
The Okirika Ring Road Bridges
The Unity road Bridges in the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo axis
The construction of bridges across Bolo Creek with approaches
The construction of 6 rural steel bridges including the Ndoni steel bridge and the Orashi steel bridge which links communities on both sides of
The construction of 6 rural steel bridges including the Ndoni steel bridge and the Orashi steel bridge which links communities on both sides of the Orashi River
Mbiama/Akinima road bridge
NyorKhana/KenKhana Bridge
Bori Boue Brigde

Abalama Tema Bridge amongst others[/b]

chisco82:

People like u

id911:


SO HE DID THESE WITH ABOUT 4 TRILLION THAT ACCRUED TO HIM IN 8 YEARS ABI?

PACK ONE SIDE ABEG

BoleynDynaSTY:
No rerun my friend,wike just won @the supreme court

TheGoodJoe:

[b]
That is not close to it. He did far more than that. The comment was Amaechi does not want development in the Niger Delta. What you saw there, is that not development in the Niger Delta.

Bring another Governor in the Niger Delta that did more before you say "Park Well Jor." If you want more of Amaechi's accomplishments, just ask.


Urban development/Renewal

The administration of Governor Chibuike Amaechi has strived to return Port Harcourt back to its Garden City Status and has worked towards eradicating slums in the city. The government has in line with this commenced enforcement of urban development laws and regulations, establishing building lines, height, size and mode of fences in specific areas, processing and approval of building plans; regulation and control of outdoor advertising; and beautification of the environment with the development of parks, gardens, fields and lawns.

In fulfillment of this, the government has embarked on:

Demolition of illegal structures, shanties and slums in Port Harcourt.
Demolition of fences and walls higher than 6 metres.
Development of Recreational Parks in various areas of the city like the Port Harcourt Peace Park along the Port Harcourt/Aba Road between Bori Camp and Airforce Base, Elekahia by the Housing Estate and several others..
Beautification of Roads and Flyovers with greenery.
Reclaiming of 7 recreational fields that were unlawfully built on.
Construction of Silverbird Cinemas in partnership with the Silverbird Group at the site of the former Obi Wali Cultural centre.
Demolition of Port Harcourt Waterfronts and Proposed Redevelopment for the Waterfronts into standard residential and industrial districts.

Agriculture

The Agriculture initiative of Governor Amaechi is part of plans to provide employment and empowerment of Rivers people through agriculture. The initiatives amongst others are, the Songhai Farm, Banana plantation, Cassava initiative, Fish Farm in Buguma…

Transport

The ban on commercial motorcycles from Port Harcourt and three other Local government areas in a bid to check accident rate in the State as well as put a stop to the then rampant armed robbery with the use of motorbikes.
The provision of Mass transit buses and taxis in collaboration with Skye bank.
The building of 57 modern service Bus Stops along the major Aba, Ikwerre expressway in Port Harcourt.
Enforcement of the State’s traffic law.
Inauguration of a vibrant Road Traffic Management Agency, TIMA-RIV.


Primary Health Care Centres

160 new Model Health Centres are currently scattered across the State, meeting the Governor’s vision of bringing quality health care closer to the people. Almost 100 of these health centres have been completed, fully equipped and functional, while work is still ongoing at other sites.

Hospitals

4 New Hospitals: The Ultra Modern Rivers State Dental and Maxillofacial Hospital, Aba Road by Garrison Junction, Port Harcourt (Completed);

The 150-bed Kesley Harrison (New Niger) Hospital, Emenike Street, Diobu, Port Harcourt (Completed); General Hospital at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (completed); and

The Justice Karibi Whyte Mega Specialist Hospital (Under construction)

Rivers Songhai Farm
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Songhai is a center for training, agricultural production, research and development of sustainable agricultural practices.

The programme was conceived when Governor Chibuike Amaechi visited the Songhai Centre in Porto Novo and was impressed with the model and decided it would work well in Rivers State.

Work began at the Rivers Songhai farm in 2010, before then a group of 105 young men and women drawn from the 23 Local Government Areas of the state had been sent to Songhai International Centre in Benin Republic for 18-month training in various specialized Agric and Agro based areas as well as develop entrepreneurial culture.

The farm project sits on a 314-hectare land in Bunu-Tai, an agrarian community in Tai Local Government Area of the state. It is about 20 times the size of the Songhai model — an integrated farm which combines livestock, arable farming, fisheries, snail farming and poultry.


Scholarships

The Rivers State Government through its scholarship Board reconstituted by Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency RSSDA created by law by the Amaechi administration each gives out yearly overseas and local scholarships to Rivers indigenes to study vital courses. The Scholarships include Doctorate, Post Graduate, Undergraduate, Diploma and Secondary education.


Free Quality Education for All Children
Quality Education

Governor Amaechi on October 1, 2010 announced free education for Primary School pupils which includes tuition, free school Uniforms, free Sandals, free Text books and Exercise books; while secondary schools students gets free boarding and feeding.

For Healthcare, Governor Amaechi has made it possible for all Rivers people to access free healthcare in all of its Primary Health Centres.[/b]

SkyBlue1:
The focus of any issues with this should be purely from the logic of arguments against proceeding with it, and not uneccesary sectional sentimentalism that has gotten us nowhere after over 50 years. Amaechi was hired to be Minister of Transportation for Nigeria and not for the Niger Delta, there is a Ministry of Niger Delta and a Ministry of Education if you feel so passionate about it. To add to that, being a Minister is not even an elected position so he has no constituency that can demand whatever they like, he is answerable to Nigeria as an entity.

With the current economic climate I don't understand what the ministry of transport should be doing building universities, issue has never been about number of universities we have (specialist or non specialist) but about the quality. If we can focus on improving the one we have to world class standard with the limited resources we have now then that makes sense. Look at the top 1000 universities in the world and tell me how many Nigerian ones make the grade. But the title of the thread already tells you where this is going - "our brother our brother our oil our suffering".

fejikudz:
BROS.. IGNORE THE CLOWN