‘FUBARA USED RIVERS RESOURCES FOR DEV, NOT RECRUITING HOODLUMS, BOMBERS’
The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr. Enyiada Cookey Gam has said that Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara is using the state resources and funds to aggressively develop the people and the rural communities, where such eluded them since the inception of democracy rule 25 years ago.
Speaking with newsmen in Port-Harcourt on the rumour making the round by mischief – makers of the dispensation that Governor Fubara, instead of using state funds and resources to develop the people, used such to recruit hoodlums and bombers as an untrue and baseless, which is the pigment of the insinuators’ imagination.
CookeyGam, who debunked the rumour, said it is the opposite, and that the Governor effectively utilized state resources to build roads in the rural areas abandoned by successive administrations to the detriment of the masses.
He explained that the Governor apart from building roads and other infrastructural transformation in the state, also cleared huge debt of salaries and its arrears owed Rivers workers, retirees, as well as the promotion of civil servants in the state, with the full payment of allowances to retirees, as well as the empowerment of Rivers youths, women, the less privileged in the state, among others via skills acquisition programmes for them to be self reliance in various fields of endeavour, where over #4 billion was released for disbursement , among others.
CookeyGam, said that the truth must be told that Governor Siminalayi Fubara has never misused or tampered with state funds and material resources on meaningless jamboree, rather his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, used state resources and funds to donate to the northern and other states in his quest to become the running mate with the PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in order to woo the northerners and others for support, so as to become Vice President that failed to see the light of the day.
He stressed that the former governor doled out a whooping sum of #500 million as part of his support to Sokoto state market inferno under the administration of Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal as governor.
“Nyesom Wike was the one that had misused our resources to support other states, and deadly activities while Rivers people are dying of hunger, hardship, poverty and deaths. It is on record that for the past eight years, Rivers State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) was at #12 billion, but of today, the amount has drastically changed from #12 billion to over #28 billion, meaning that the dispensation rough – handled our resources and funds to stupor.
” As far as we are concerned, the people’s Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara remains the political hero and leader of Rivers State.
” We need Godly leaders like Siminalayi Fubara who stand by his word in in the morning, afternoon and night.God brought him to clean the development and political mess of the Nyesom Wike – led administration in the last eight years of dictatorial governance.”
Dr.CookeyGam, a grassroots mobilizer and political gladiator in the LGA, has called on the Governor’s detractors, such like, the factional leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tony Okocha and his Abuja paymasters to desist forthwith from negative and unfounded bias and rantings against the Governor, who God has used to exposed and stalled their ” Ikwerre Political Agenda Project” implementation that had already hit the rock, last October.
He warned him to concentrate on his representation of the people well on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC), where he is expected to drag viable people – oriented development projects and programmes for those he claimed to represent.
” Since Tony Okocha became member on the board of the NDDC, he has not been able to attract tangible development projects and programmes to the state, talkless of scholarships, grants, and other empowerment largesse to both the students and youths.
Hence,he is expected to shun the temptation of inviting the wrath of God and the people, as further clueless, senseless and immature insults to the office of the Governor will be resisted..”
Dr. Enyiada CookeyGam, a card – carrying and co-opted member of the People ‘s Democratic Party ( PDP), Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area warned that any attempt to distract Governor Siminalayi Fubara in his quest to build bridges of ‘ human faced’ development for the people will be revisited.
“Enough is enough of such irrelevant, irresponsible and unjustifiable rascality when all Rivers people are expected to join forces to work with the the present government to move the state forward developmentally.
Tony Okocha and his Abuja connections are busy misleading their followers on make- believe destructive polity that would do nobody any good.”