Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State has accused the Minister for
\nTransport, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi of being responsible for the political
\ntension that has led to killings in the State.<\/p>\n
Wike said Amaechi’s desperation and his desire to take politics of the
\nstate personal is responsible for the political tension in Rivers State<\/p>\n
The Rivers State Governor, also declared that\u00a0 his Principal interest is
\nto create a peaceful\u00a0 environment\u00a0 for the development\u00a0 of the state,
\nsaying\u00a0 despite\u00a0 all the contrived distractions,\u00a0 his administration\u00a0 has
\nrecorded superlative achievements.<\/p>\n
Governor Wike also declared\u00a0 that\u00a0 his administration\u00a0 is premised on
\ntruthful\u00a0 relationship\u00a0 with\u00a0 the\u00a0 Rivers people as he would fulfill\u00a0 all
\nhis campaign\u00a0 promises.<\/p>\n
The governor spoke on Easter Monday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 during a special\u00a0 appearance\u00a0 on He explained\u00a0 that\u00a0 his administration\u00a0 has taken concrete measures\u00a0 to He said: “I won’t make a promise that I will not fulfill. The problem most “In spite of distractions, we have succeeded in completing many abandoned He added: “The Federal Government needs to allow Security Chiefs remain in Commenting on the death of the youth corps member during the rerun He explained\u00a0 that\u00a0 he had to increase the\u00a0 allowances\u00a0 of youth corps He said: “I have told the NYSC, we must know the kind of bullet that The governor noted that majority of the media\u00a0 \u00a0reports about violence in He said: “In spite of the bias media tag: ‘Rivers of blood’, our IGR is The governor noted that he has no regret warning those who plotted to rig “Election rigging, subverting the will of the people is one of the worst “The strength of PDP is overwhelming in Rivers State and it is evident on He pointed out that\u00a0 it was his commitment\u00a0 to credible\u00a0 polls\u00a0 that took He pointed\u00a0 out\u00a0 that\u00a0 even in Opobo\/Nkoro where INEC\u00a0 declared APC He regretted\u00a0 that\u00a0 former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has He said: “The battle for Rivers State has become personal to Chibuike The governor\u00a0 stressed that despite\u00a0 his commitment\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 completion “Rivers people have told me not to touch the Monorail left behind by the Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State has accused the Minister for Transport, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi of being responsible for the political tension that has led to killings in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nChannels Television Sunrise Daily Programme televised from Government
\nHouse, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n
\nimprove\u00a0 the\u00a0 security\u00a0 of\u00a0 the state through funding\u00a0 of security
\ninterventions and provision\u00a0 of necessary\u00a0 logistics for all security
\nagencies.\u00a0 He noted, however,\u00a0 the security\u00a0 in the state has been
\nimpacted negatively\u00a0 by the frequent\u00a0 unnecessary\u00a0 transfer\u00a0 of security
\nchiefs masterminded\u00a0 by\u00a0 the\u00a0 former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi
\nAmaechi.<\/p>\n
\npoliticians have is the bid to satisfy everyone. I don’t politicize
\ndevelopment. My interest is to deliver the best for Rivers people.<\/p>\n
\nprojects left by the previous government. We have cleared backlog of
\nunpaid salaries and pensions left by the previous government. We have
\nsucceeded in restoring the judiciary and reopening courts shutdown by the
\nprevious government”.<\/p>\n
\nRivers State to do their jobs & douse the tensions. I have had over three
\nCommissioners of Police removed since I became governor.”<\/p>\n
\nelections, Governor Wike said it was unfortunate and painful.\u00a0 He said an
\nindependent investigation and post mortem on the corpse of the corps
\nmember must be carried out to ascertain the\u00a0 type of gun and bullet that
\nkilled\u00a0 him\u00a0 and those who carry such weapons.<\/p>\n
\nmembers serving\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 state\u00a0 in line with\u00a0 the\u00a0 present\u00a0 economic
\nreality. He said funds for the increment\u00a0 have already\u00a0 been\u00a0 approved.
\nCorps\u00a0 members serving\u00a0 in Port Harcourt will receive\u00a0 N10,000 instead of
\nthe N5000\u00a0 they were getting\u00a0 while those outside\u00a0 the\u00a0 State Capital
\nwill be\u00a0 paid N15,000 instead\u00a0 of\u00a0 N10,000.<\/p>\n
\nkilled the Corper. We want to know those who killed the Corper. The death
\nof a Corper during the rerun is painful. Investigation of his death has
\nbeen ordered”<\/p>\n
\nthe state were politically motivated and negatively\u00a0 \u00a0influenced to cast
\nthe state in bad light.<\/p>\n
\nimproving and there is peace in Rivers State. There are no political
\nkillings in Rivers State. Ogba\/Egbema\/Ndoni LGA crisis is cult related and
\nis being tackled.”<\/p>\n
\nthe polls.<\/p>\n
\ncrimes. I don’t regret warning election riggers from rigging elections in
\nRivers State.<\/p>\n
\nthe streets. PDP is popular in Rivers State and has won all elections
\nsince 1999”, Governor Wike said.<\/p>\n
\nhim to the Mile One\u00a0 Police Station where the Ward 10 collation officer
\nwho was abducted by\u00a0 suspected\u00a0 APC\u00a0 agents was held.<\/p>\n
\nwinner, polling\u00a0 units\u00a0 results\u00a0 indicate that\u00a0 PDP emerged victorious.<\/p>\n
\ntaken the politics of\u00a0 the\u00a0 state\u00a0 personal, insisting\u00a0 on creating
\ncrisis\u00a0 to further\u00a0 his anti-people interests.<\/p>\n
\nAmaechi and he is escalating tensions in the State. Security Chiefs must
\nbe allowed to remain and do their work to help tackle insecurity.”<\/p>\n
\nof\u00a0 the numerous\u00a0 projects abandoned\u00a0 by Chibuike Amaechi,\u00a0 monorail\u00a0 will
\nnot\u00a0 be\u00a0 one of them.<\/p>\n
\nother government,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"