Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria
Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has
urged Rivers people to vote out the PDP-led
federal government in next year’s election to
secure their future. Amaechi spoke at the weekend in Degema, the
headquarters of Degema Local Government Area
of the state after commissioning an 8,000-sitting
capacity football stadium complex built by the
local government administration.
Amaechi said the PDP have nothing to offer
Kalabari people, and one way for the people to
regain their lost oil wells and benefit from
democratic governance was to vote out the PDP.
Amaechi explained that the President was taking
sides in the Soku oil wells matter, as he
narrated the president's reaction during a
meeting with Kalabari Chiefs.
“In that meeting, before Kalabari Chiefs, Mr.
President said to us, ‘you people call it Soku, we
from Bayelsa call it Oluasiri’. ‘Is Soku Oluasiri?',
he questioned and the people said ‘no’.
“As President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
he is not supposed to take sides. The moment
he said it is called Oluasiri, he is taking sides
and we have no faith in Mr. President returning
our oil wells. They have taken the (Soku) oil
wells, they are spending the money because
they have the Presidency. "The only way you can
get back your oil wells is to vote out Mr.
President. The only opportunity you have now is
your vote. Vote him out, he is not from Rivers,
he is from Bayelsa. He has not and will not
serve us and I have said here, let Mr. President
tell us what he has done for us," Amaechi said.
He noted with regret that his efforts to build
Trans-Kalabari road in the state and reconstruct
the Emohua-Abonnema federal road already in
deplorable condition was frustrated by President
Jonathan.
He therefore called on the people to fight for
their rights by using their voting strength to
correct all anomalies by voting out the ruling
PDP.
“When I was coming here (to Degema), I saw
the Emohua-Abonnema road, it’s going bad.
When I met the President with Kalabari Chiefs
and I told the President: ‘that road is going very
bad, if we don’t intervene now, that road will
soon be impassable. Mr. President, that road is
a federal road’, and he said, he knows. And I
then asked: ‘Mr. President, can the Rivers State
Government reconstruct that road? Because that
is the only road by which Kalabari people come
out to town’ but Mr. President said no."
"He told me ‘no' and said he (federal
government) would do it. One year plus, he has
not done it. So what you will do to make sure
you have a road next year is to vote out PDP. If
Mr President says he is our brother, because I
hear Kalabari people say he is our brother, let
him do our road, let him return our Soku oil
wells."
“I begged him (President Jonathan) that the
federal government is owing Rivers State N105
billion, he should take N50 billion from there
and help me construct Trans-Kalabari road, he
said, 'Amaechi, I will do it’. Three years after,
Mr. President has not done it, so he is not a
Kalabari man. Don’t follow your buccaneer
brothers, who want to be governor and all that
and because of their personal selfish interests,
they want to sell the Kalabari Kingdom. You are
the youths, defend your kingdom. Nobody
should take away what belongs to you. The
Kalabari people are known to fight for their
right. They are people who can stand up to any
challenge to protect themselves and their
people. One way to defend your kingdom is to
vote out those who don’t have your interest at
heart," he noted.
On the commissioned project, Governor Amaechi
commended Degema Council Chairman, Hon.
Ibigoni Daddy Pokima for constructing the state-
of-the-art Sports Complex named after late Rt.
Hon. Tonye Harry, immediate past Speaker of
the Rivers State House of Assembly.
Earlier, the Degema Council boss, Hon. Pokima
said history was made in the local government
area by the visit of the governor.
He said his administration has concentrated on
providing democratic dividends to the people of
the local government area and thanked
Governor Amaechi for his immense support.
“Your Excellency, I feel a sense of fulfillment to
say that Bakana, Oguruama, Amatamgbolo and
Fuche communities have been hooked up to the
national grid. Then we thought of coming back
to our first dream – engaging and channelling
the energy of our youths into meaningful
venture other than in restiveness and militancy,
hence the vision to build this sports complex."
“As a government, we are gratified that the
vision we conceived about three years ago has
come to solid fruition. I believe this complex will
provide a serene and conducive atmosphere for
our people especially our youths to develop and
exhibit their sporting prowess," he said.
After the commissioning, Governor Amaechi took
a shot at goal to kick-off the peace tournament
between Team Rivers and Team Degema.


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