personal ego than delivering services to Rivers people.
Governor Wike said that a project like Justice Karibi Whyte Hospital was
a scam because it gulped $39.9 Million on paper as there is nothing to
show at the proposed site.
According to him, the sum of N65 billion was spent on the 1.2 kilometers
Monorail Project which were conceived as a white elephant project.
He said most of such political projects existed either on the pages of
Newspapers or were used to settle political allies.
The Governor said that Amaechi and his political allies after siphoning
huge sums of money from the State left behind uncompleted projects.
“Amaechi does not have the moral ground to talk about development in the
State when he wasted so many financial resources on non-existing
projects.
“Go round the State, you will never see anything that looks like
Justice Karibi -Whyte Hospital. It is a scam that never existed.
“Again, tell me what is the traffic along Azikwe Road that a 1.2
kilometers Monorail Project will be awarded for over 65 Billion Naira.
“When I came into office, I was told that it will cost about 30 Billion
Naira to complete that project. If I have such money, I will build more
infrastructure across the State.
“His Economic Advisory Council led by Prof. Nimi Briggs published a
document. The records covered the activities of his administration from
2007 to 2014.
“On education, the council recorded that 485 primary schools were
proposed for construction. Some existing old schools were demolished
when they required rehabilitation.
“Work actually started on 478 schools but only 116 schools were
completed across the State. Amaechi also awarded 15 Modern Secondary
Schools for 15 Local Government Areas at over Four Billion Naira each.
Only the Ambassador Nne Krukrubo School in Eleme Local Government was
completed and functional before he left office”, he stated.
The Governor noted that Amaechi was a self-seeking leader who paraded
himself as one that knows it all.
Governor Wike said there are foremost schools that had produced
prominent Nigerians in the State that should have been rehabilitated but
he abandoned them to embark on the abandoned projects.
He stated that unlike Amaechi that kills dreams and projects of other
people, he voted money to complete road projects his predecessor
initiated.
The Governor also berated Amaechi for saying that there is insecurity in
Rivers State when he is the one who determines heads of security
agencies that should be posted to the State.
“Rivers State is safer than any other State. See what is happening in
Bornu, Kaduna, and Plateau States where bandits have taken over their
areas.
“When Amaechi was Governor, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC was chased away
because of insecurity. But they are here now, constructing roads all
over the state without fear.
“Amaechi’s hometown, Ubima is a place you have a large number of
cultists that he uses. The heads of security agencies he influences
their postings, come here and see the reality on the ground that the
State is safe,” he added.