October 27 , 2007
PRESS RELEASE
ACTION CONGRESS IN RIVERS STATE AGENDA FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR ROTIMI AMAECHI
Considering our patriotic role as the new vanguard for the emancipation of the people of Rivers State and creation of the new Rivers State of our dream, we as a concerned party and Organisation hereby articulate for the administration of His Excellency, Governor Rotimi Amaechi; prgrammes and steps to be taken immediately to bringing succour to our traumatized and bruised people of Rivers State and direction for a focused governance.
In doing this, let us once again congratulate His Excellency, Governor Rotili Amaechi for the turn of events both in his life and the State as a whole and for allowing himself principally as an instrument in the hands of the Almighty God to freeing our people from the eight and half years of draconian, looting spree reign and enslavement of our people by a clique we so much trusted with our lives and destiny. We wish also to commend His Excellency for his famous reaction to the Supreme Court judgment of ‘ No victor, No Vanquished’ This statement is in total tandem with our stance that the victory over darkness is a victory for the entire State and not for either Amaechi, Princewill or any other group. Kudos go to the Governor for the steps he has so far adopted since assumption of office particularly the wise appointments so far made and prompt dissolution of the State Executive Council and the illegal Local Government Care-Taker Committees set up principally for looting by the out gone administration of Sir Omehia for the Local Government Councils in the State.
In furtherance of the positive steps so far taken for the greatness of Rivers State we wish to suggest the following steps for Governor Rotimi Amaechi.
OUR AGENDA FOR A FOCUSED AND PURPOSEFUL ADMINISTRATION IN RIVERS STATE
1. Governor Rotimi Amaechi should by Monday freeze all the accounts of the State Government if he has not done so by now to stop further looting of our common patrimony.
2. The State Independent Electoral Commission as presently illegally constituted should be dissolved and more credible Commission constituted to organize a free and fair Local Government polls in the State.
3. The Committee set-up by the villainous administration of Sir Celestine Omehia out of malice to demolish the water fronts should be dissolved pending the time when the Government will take a holistic approach in solving the neglect, embarrassment and menace the water fronts have constituted to the general psych of our people as a State. An approach that will give governance in the State a human face should be adopted to assuage the traumatic experience our people have being foisted with these past eight and half years of mal-administration.
4. We did advised from the beginning that Sir Celestine Omehia’s administration will be short-lived but only few people believed us until we were vindicated by the Supreme Court famous ruling of 25 th October, 2007 nullifying his illegal imposition on our people. We have as a concerned people that loved Omehia more than the glutton and gastronome cronies that held him hostage advised that he should for his own good not change any curtain in the Government House, sadly we learnt that he has not only changed the curtains but even removes some doors. In this regard, Governor Amaechi must set-up a Probe Panel to unearth the fraud committed in most of the over bloated contracts so far awarded with the intention of recovery back to the purse of the State funds illegally misappropriated into private purses these past eight and half years. The alleged N2 billion houses being constructed by Sir Celestine Omehia both in Port Harcourt at Ubima must be investigated and the findings made public. The billions of Naira which Omehia was duped in pursuing this particular case at the Supreme Court alleged by the Beam Newspapers in its 24 th October edition must be investigated to let the public know the source of such huge amount of money. The N50 billion Naira Hotel being constructed by Sir Peter Odili alleged by the National Daily Newspaper must be investigated and such a property restored back to the State. Every level or promotion of corruption in any standard must be stopped in order to restore the evasive glorious state of our State.
5. State of Emergency should be declared in all facets of governance in the State to address the deplorable and state of despair of our educational, Health, Security sectors; our unmotorable roads, lack of basic amenities in our communities and the unacceptable unemployment level of our Youths.
6. Sir Amaechi’s Government must cultivate and inculcate the spirit of comradeship, give and take and unity among our people in order to restore their faith and hope in government. Urgent steps must be taken to woo the Stake-holders, the elders, traditional, religious Leaders, politicians, and militants to collaborate and work with the government into building a virile and egalitarian State of our dream. Apology must be rendered to all our elders abused by the unafrican out-gone administration that lacks respect for our culture, tradition and constituted institutions. In carrying out this; a government of Unity should be constituted involving all and sundry without any political party affliction or sundry considerations.
We hereby urge all our members in short all Rivers State people to collaborate and assist this government within the short period at its disposal before the Election Tribunal decides its fate to bring back sanity into governance in the State. Our Youths must give this administration a chance to succeed by disconnecting with all acts that are avarice to peace and unity of our people including all forms of kidnapping, abduction and hostage-taking. Our battered image before our country men and the International Community must be repainted positively henceforth. The greatness and future of our State is ours to build. In this regard we will appeal to the Rivers State of House of Assembly to put aside partisan politics and collaborate with the new Governor into turning around the fortunes of the State. There are by the virtue of their positions the representatives of our people and should be expected to respect the views of constituted institutions and disregard any step to lure them into contemplating of any unwise impeachment act against the new administration as we will not tolerate any act of sabotage in any form. Every patriotic sons and daughters of Rivers State should rally round our son Amaechi for the rebuilding of the wasted eight years in our life as a State pending when we take over the reins of governance.
We as a party and Organization have no other State than Rivers State and because of that we are ready to collaborate and assist the Amaechi’s administration so far he toes the paths of honour, democratic principles, righteousness, respect for rule of law, emancipation of our people, respect for our elders and culture, prudent management of our resources and evolving of policies and programmes geared towards restoring the lost glory of our dear State and should he for any reason whatsoever divert from these paths; he will not only lose our support but respect. We expect him to accord us the same support when the Election Tribunal may have overturned his administration very soon.
Finally, we must congratulate Sir Celestine Omehia for coming to terms so quickly that the Supreme Court judgment was an act of God and there is nothing he can do to change the verdict thereby agreeing with our earlier stance that his coming to office in the first instance was not by the will of God as his cronies made him to believe as our God can not be so unrighteous to support his illegal imposition and the flawed election that brought him to office. Let him be assured that we as a group has nothing against him in person, we are only against the institution that brought him to power coupled with our patriotic passion for the emancipation and development of our dear State and concern for the freedom of our enslaved people in the hands of his clique was the driving force of most of our actions. He should hold General Obasnajo and Sir Peter Odili for his current travails and woes!
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze
Media Consultant,
Tonye Princewill Campaign Organisation
(TPCO), Rivers State
www.newriverstate.com,mediaconsultanttpcorivers_07@yahoo.com ,
mediaconsultanttpcorivers07261@gmail.com, 080-53469916
27-10-07