Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi
has disclosed his reason for leaving the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Amaechi, who spoke on Sunday at the
thanksgiving celebration of former
Council Chairman of Khana Local
Government Area, Gregory Nwidam at St.
Dominic’s Catholic Church, Bane noted
that failure of the PDP-led Federal
government to implement the United
Nations Environmental Protection
Agency (UNEP) report on Ogoni land was
part of the reasons why he left the
party.
The governor said FG lack the political
will to implement the UNEP report to
make the environment habitable for the
people of Ogoni, including the provision
of water and other infrastructural
development.
“After the verification and
recommendation by the Agency to the
Federal Government, they have refused
to release the sum of One million dollars
for the clean-up and development of
the area. As I am talking to you today,
the Federal Government is doing nothing
about the UNEP report. $1 million is
about N160 billion, but the Federal
Government has been spending billions
in other places. But, you need to ask
yourselves one question, what did Ogoni
do against the federal government that
they cannot release 160 billion naira to
save your environment.
“That is the reason I left PDP for APC,
because, our interest is not protected in
PDP. So, when they cannot give the
people of Ogoni 160 billion naira, which
is not even enough for their kids to
travel around America and London, if
they cannot give to Ogoni people, why
should you vote them?” he said.
“What you should do is to punish them
with your votes by voting them out in
2015. When you vote, you are not
fighting for me, you are fighting for
yourselves because, I have served as a
Speaker for 8 years and also Governor
for 8 years, what I need from God is
long life. You need to fight for
yourselves and save Rivers State as well,”
Amaechi said.
The governor urged the people of Khana
and all Rivers people to register and
identify with the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in order to vote out the
Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the
2015 general elections.
“Let me assure you that APC will win in
2015 in Rivers State. You owe me a duty
to get registered with APC. Go and
register during the voters’ registration
and get your voters card. I want to
thank the people of Bane community
and Khana people for their support,
especially the celebrant, Hon. Gregory
Nwidam for his promise that the people
of Khana LGA will ensure APC wins in
Rivers State in 2015,” Amaechi said.
Amaechi also advised supporters of the
APC in the State to resist any attempt by
the PDP to use police and the military to
intimidate and manipulate the 2015
elections against the will of the
electorates.
“The PDP said they will bring Police and
Army. Let them bring them, but, you
should know that they are also human
beings. On that day of the election, I
will be at the front. There is nothing
police will shoot that I have not inhaled
before. There is no cell that they have
not locked me up as a student leader.
There is no amount of slapping and
beating I have not passed through in
those days. There is nothing new that
the Federal Government has not done to
me.
“So, I want to prepare you the APC for
that day. When you vote, seat down at
the polling unit and let them count the
votes and announce the results, so that
they won’t rig us out. Don’t vote for
PDP. For me, politics is not about my
brother or my father, politics is about
me and my interest. So, it is about you
and your interest,” He said.
Amaechi noted that his administration
has built link roads, Model Primary and
Secondary Schools as well as Health
Centres to improve Ogoni land and other
ethnic groups in the State in contrast to
the Federal Government.
“What has Federal Government done for
the people of Ogoni. If I have not done
anything, I have built Roads, Primary
and Secondary Schools as well as Health
Centres in Ogoni land. There are two
areas I have focused since I became
governor, Ogoni and Etche Local
Government areas. I have also taken
development to other parts of the State.
In Ogoni, I started with rural road
construction including agricultural
investment to employ Ogoni people.
“So, when former Senator Lee Maebe
said, are Ogoni people monkeys? I asked
him to go back to school. This is because,
the reason for establishing that farm in
Tai LGA, even after we paid the owners
of the land, was to create employment
opportunities for the Ogoni people who
work and get their daily living from that
source. That farm is 2,000 hectares of
land while the one we got from Etche was
5,000 hectares of land. This is a way of
improving the living standard of the
people in these areas. And, until I leave
office, I will continue to drive
development in the state.”
The governor said soon, he will address
the people of the State on the on recent
state of Federal allocations to the State.
“I will address the State in the next one
week or more to tell them about the
consistent shortfall of our allocations
from the Federal Government. Even
though the Federal Government said it is
oil theft. We have lost almost half of our
revenue. We don’t have enough money to
run our government, and we need funds
to be able to govern the state. But, let
me assure you that we will continue to
raise money to complete our projects,”
Amaechi said.
has disclosed his reason for leaving the
ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Amaechi, who spoke on Sunday at the
thanksgiving celebration of former
Council Chairman of Khana Local
Government Area, Gregory Nwidam at St.
Dominic’s Catholic Church, Bane noted
that failure of the PDP-led Federal
government to implement the United
Nations Environmental Protection
Agency (UNEP) report on Ogoni land was
part of the reasons why he left the
party.
The governor said FG lack the political
will to implement the UNEP report to
make the environment habitable for the
people of Ogoni, including the provision
of water and other infrastructural
development.
“After the verification and
recommendation by the Agency to the
Federal Government, they have refused
to release the sum of One million dollars
for the clean-up and development of
the area. As I am talking to you today,
the Federal Government is doing nothing
about the UNEP report. $1 million is
about N160 billion, but the Federal
Government has been spending billions
in other places. But, you need to ask
yourselves one question, what did Ogoni
do against the federal government that
they cannot release 160 billion naira to
save your environment.
“That is the reason I left PDP for APC,
because, our interest is not protected in
PDP. So, when they cannot give the
people of Ogoni 160 billion naira, which
is not even enough for their kids to
travel around America and London, if
they cannot give to Ogoni people, why
should you vote them?” he said.
“What you should do is to punish them
with your votes by voting them out in
2015. When you vote, you are not
fighting for me, you are fighting for
yourselves because, I have served as a
Speaker for 8 years and also Governor
for 8 years, what I need from God is
long life. You need to fight for
yourselves and save Rivers State as well,”
Amaechi said.
The governor urged the people of Khana
and all Rivers people to register and
identify with the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in order to vote out the
Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in the
2015 general elections.
“Let me assure you that APC will win in
2015 in Rivers State. You owe me a duty
to get registered with APC. Go and
register during the voters’ registration
and get your voters card. I want to
thank the people of Bane community
and Khana people for their support,
especially the celebrant, Hon. Gregory
Nwidam for his promise that the people
of Khana LGA will ensure APC wins in
Rivers State in 2015,” Amaechi said.
Amaechi also advised supporters of the
APC in the State to resist any attempt by
the PDP to use police and the military to
intimidate and manipulate the 2015
elections against the will of the
electorates.
“The PDP said they will bring Police and
Army. Let them bring them, but, you
should know that they are also human
beings. On that day of the election, I
will be at the front. There is nothing
police will shoot that I have not inhaled
before. There is no cell that they have
not locked me up as a student leader.
There is no amount of slapping and
beating I have not passed through in
those days. There is nothing new that
the Federal Government has not done to
me.
“So, I want to prepare you the APC for
that day. When you vote, seat down at
the polling unit and let them count the
votes and announce the results, so that
they won’t rig us out. Don’t vote for
PDP. For me, politics is not about my
brother or my father, politics is about
me and my interest. So, it is about you
and your interest,” He said.
Amaechi noted that his administration
has built link roads, Model Primary and
Secondary Schools as well as Health
Centres to improve Ogoni land and other
ethnic groups in the State in contrast to
the Federal Government.
“What has Federal Government done for
the people of Ogoni. If I have not done
anything, I have built Roads, Primary
and Secondary Schools as well as Health
Centres in Ogoni land. There are two
areas I have focused since I became
governor, Ogoni and Etche Local
Government areas. I have also taken
development to other parts of the State.
In Ogoni, I started with rural road
construction including agricultural
investment to employ Ogoni people.
“So, when former Senator Lee Maebe
said, are Ogoni people monkeys? I asked
him to go back to school. This is because,
the reason for establishing that farm in
Tai LGA, even after we paid the owners
of the land, was to create employment
opportunities for the Ogoni people who
work and get their daily living from that
source. That farm is 2,000 hectares of
land while the one we got from Etche was
5,000 hectares of land. This is a way of
improving the living standard of the
people in these areas. And, until I leave
office, I will continue to drive
development in the state.”
The governor said soon, he will address
the people of the State on the on recent
state of Federal allocations to the State.
“I will address the State in the next one
week or more to tell them about the
consistent shortfall of our allocations
from the Federal Government. Even
though the Federal Government said it is
oil theft. We have lost almost half of our
revenue. We don’t have enough money to
run our government, and we need funds
to be able to govern the state. But, let
me assure you that we will continue to
raise money to complete our projects,”
Amaechi said.
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