Governor Nyesom Wike has faulted the planned flag-off of the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri narrow gauge rail line, saying that it is not what the state needs.
He also said that the proposed Bonny Deep Seaport might just be a paper project as its implementation will likely not be achieved by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Rumuji -Ibaa-Obelle -Isiopko Road, which was performed by the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, on Monday, the governor said that only the Peoples Democratic Party is the party working for Rivers State.
He also spoke on decamping of some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who declared membership for the PDP, adding that it was time for people to hold politicians accountable for their words.
Governor Wike urged the people to stop expecting politicians who do not have the capacity and commitment to fulfil promises they make or interested in driving development to communities of their supporters.
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“Let them tell us what they had done for Rivers state. I hear they want to flag-off railways narrow gauge from here (Rivers state) to Maiduguri. Is that what we need?
“They want to do Bonny Deep Sea Port, for how many years now? Before the drawing will come out, has the government not gone. In their hearts, they know they’ll not do it. They only have this year, next year is a political year. Tell them we cannot be deceived any longer.
“I tell you, PDP is a party that Nigerians and Rivers people have seen that have the zeal, and commitment to save Nigerians”.
Inaugurating the road project, the former governor of Jigawa State, said the last five years of the APC led government has been characterised by division and insecurity.
He described the APC as an assemblage of persons drawn from default ACN, ANPP, and CPC and propelled by hate, moved by anger, envy and malice.
“When APC came on board, they had no programme, they had no plan, the only thing they had was to flush out PDP from the government because we were performing because we were organised because we were committed because we are compassionate and very humane.”
He explained that remodelling of the airports, rehabilitation of railway and reform of the power are all PDP initiatives and not that of the APC.
According to him: “They can’t think. They have no vision, they have no feeling, they have no compassion, they are there for the power and the power is there tormenting them, because the power was abused.”
