{"id":24221,"date":"2014-03-12T15:54:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T14:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=24221"},"modified":"2014-03-12T15:54:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T14:54:37","slug":"anti-amaechi-protesters-cause-traffic-jam-in-port-harcourt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/anti-amaechi-protesters-cause-traffic-jam-in-port-harcourt\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Amaechi Protesters Cause Traffic Jam In Port Harcourt."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Port Harcourt, the River State capital, yesterday demanding, among others, the resignation of Governor Chubike Amaechi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters carried placards with inscriptions like \u201cAmaechi is a Failure,\u201d \u201cAmaechi, be bold to resign,\u201d \u201cAmaechi Abuses Court Order,\u201d \u201cNo CJ, No Good Governance,\u201d \u201cAmaechi, Stop Insulting Traditional Rulers,\u201d \u201cAmaechi, where are the laboratories\u00a0for the 24 secondary schools?\u201d \u201cGovernment House Assembly is illegal.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>\u201cAmaechi 2014 Budget Is Fake.\u201d The demonstrators caused a heavy traffic jam at the UTC Junction and adjoining roads for over six hours, forcing motorists and other roads users to seek alternative routes. Leader of the protesters, Onari Awo Tariah, explained that the choice of UTC Junction was deliberate and strategic because it was the terminal point of the administration\u2019s multibillion monorail project, which he described as a wasteful venture with no benefit for residents of the state.<\/p>\n<p>Tariah, who apologised to motorists and residents of the city for the inconveniences they suffered as a result of the protest, described the suffering as inevitable for a better future.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the protesters would have stormed the Government House, but chose the junction to draw the attention of the world to the waste called monorail project. Amaechi, Tariah demanded, should resign from office because of the failure of the monorail project or the protesters would occupy the Government House to force the governor to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters said they were not giving Amaechi an ultimatum, but as a wise man he should resign. \u201cIf you cannot perform, you resign. Let him resign. It is better for him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the protest was against bad governance and a demand for the resignation of the governor and the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly<\/p>\n<p>New Telegraph<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Port Harcourt, the River State capital, yesterday demanding, among others, the resignation of Governor Chubike Amaechi. 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