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“Rivers State does not belong to anyone. It is nobody’s enterprise.” Governor Fubara replies Wike’s criticismsm
The feud between the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and his estranged godfather, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, degenerated further at the weekend, as Fubara told Wike the state was nobody’s enterprise.
Wike had during a civic reception organised for him by a group, Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress, in Port Harcourt mocked Fubara for supporting Action Peoples Party (APP), which he described as a lesser party to PDP.
Wike, the immediate past governor of the state, claimed that he determined how the PDP structure worked in the state. He also said all the ongoing projects in the state were initiated by him.
But in his response, Fubara stated that those antagonising his administration were merely expressing frustration at seeing how firmly the affairs of the state had been conducted, and the milestones achieved.
Fubara made the assertion on Sunday at an inter-denominational church thanksgiving service organised as part of activities marking the 64th independence day celebration of Nigeria at St. Paul’s Cathedral of the Anglican Church, in Port Harcourt.
HE SAID, “With due respect my Dean, when you said our national anthem was changed, for me, I like this new one, more especially where it says – a nation built, where no man is oppressed – it is so unique.
borrowing.
He said, “They even say, they don’t know what we are doing. Let me remind them, it is Fubara that signed the paper to borrow from Zenith Bank the N200 billion for the construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road. So, it is my project.
“It is Fubara that awarded the Trans-Kalabari Road that they couldn’t do. They did only a bridge from Krakrama, but I am the one doing it: the complete span, and it is N225billion. I didn’t borrow.
“It is this same Fubara that is building a General Hospital, which I also included a Psychiatric Hospital because they will need it very soon. So, tell them that what I did in one year is what they did in eight years.
“It is only empty container that makes noise. If God has given you opportunity, eat your plantain and keep quiet. God will continue to give us the strength to do the best for our people, without fear.”
Blessing Ibunge
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