Unto 2015-- Amaechi Asks Rivers Residents To Make The Right Choice

 

Rivers State Government, Rotimi Amaechi has spoken out to encourage the people in Rivers state people to make a very wise choice on who would succeed him from May 29 2015.

He stated during the Inter-Denominational Church Service marking the 54th Independence Day Anniversary held at the St. Cyprians Anglican Church in Port Harcourt that the era of imposition of candidates on the people is over. He urged them to uphold democracy in the upcoming election and make sure they participate in the electoral process.
He made the statement below:

“Rivers people have a right to choose who will lead them in 2015, in a free and fair election, they have the mandate to do so.”

The Governor also mentioned the consistent dwindling of Federal allocations to the state from N25 billion naira to N12 billion.

“The situation we find ourselves now is really critical. We have started owing salaries of workers and nobody knows when this will end. Rivers people should know that Rivers State Government now receives N12billion instead of the usual N25 billion as monthly allocation. This has grossly affected our projects and work has stopped in some on-going projects in the state. I am still looking for funds to pay some of the contractors and salaries. Things are no longer the same. Things are getting worse. I am not the problem, it is from the Federal government,” he stated 

It will be recalled that, just recently, the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has taken a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, following the comments credited to him during a rally organised by the South-South Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State on Saturday.