for non performance.
He gave the charge yesterday, while flagging off the dredging/sand
filling and reclamation of Abalama in Asari-Toru and Bakana in Degema local
government areas of the state.
The projects in Abalama and Bakana towns span 38 hectares.
Governor Wike said that the Rivers State government was redefining
politics in Nigeria by ensuring that campaign promises were kept.
He said at the separate flag off of the land reclamation projects: “We
are redefining the pattern of politics in Nigeria. You cannot use people and dump
them. We cannot give everyone money, but we can execute projects that everybody
will benefit from.”
Speaking on the failure of the APC Federal Government to live up to the
expectation of Nigerians, he said: “We are not like those who said they will
make one naira to equal one dollar. Instead of actualising their promise, they
are busy giving excuses”.
The governor urged the APC Federal Government to settle down and focus on
fulfilling the several promises they made to Nigerians.
He said that the APC got the mandate on the strength of its promises to
Nigerians, saying that it was uncharitable for the APC government to
blameprevious government, when it should be working.
The governor said the dredging, stand filing and reclamation projects,
which run through the three Kalabari local government areas, would entrench
development in the area.
Governor Wike urged the people of the community to support the company
undertaking the project to complete it on schedule. He also advised the company
to reciprocate by providing jobs for the youths of the town.
He announced that the sum of N500 million had been released to complete
the Degema General Hospital, pointing out that he would liaise with the
Commissioner of Police to build a police station in the community to forestall
insecurity.
In Abalama, he announced that his administration would construct the
Telma-Ifoko road.
In his remarks, the state Commissioner for Works, Mr. Bathuel
Iheayichukwu Harrison, pointed out that the reclamation of the 19 hectares of
land, when completed, would ease the difficulties faced by the people of
Bakana.
Also speaking, the Managing Director of Azikel Dredging, contractor
handling the project, Dr. Eruani Azibapu Godbless, thanked the governor for
giving him the opportunity to contribute to the development of the state,
promising to complete the project within five months.
In appreciation of the life changing land reclamation project, the
Amanyanabo of Abalama, King Big TomTom, conferred on Governor Wike the
chieftaincy title: “Ibiyenimibo 1 of Abalama”.
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