The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has urged members of the Ikwerre Youth Movement to ensure that the current People Democratic Party’s government of Nyesom Wike is defeated in the forthcoming general elections.
Speaking at Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area during a reception organized by IYM in his honour, the Minister said that this is their last battle, stressing that if the Movement fails to chase away the current governor, they will be finished politically.
The Minister who is the founder and Grand patron of the movement said that 60 percent of his appointees came from the movement when he became governor in 2007.
Furthermore, he added that those who benefitted from the movement never went back to build it into a sustainable political force as it was envisioned.
He said: “When I became governor, I took 60 percent of my appointees from IYM because I thought that they will go back and build with you but they did not do that.
“The future of all of us is your hands. The president has said that there will be no more rigging, even if it means him losing election. So, the era of result writing is gone. Once you thumbprint, it will electronically appear in Abuja. That is why you must register and make sure your vote counts.
“People should go and register to vote. If you sell your vote, you have sold your power. If you you don’t have power, you don’t have a voice. If we lose, we are finished politically”
The Minister also said that to ensure equity and fairness, the Ikwerre ethnic group must ensure that others taste power at the state level.
“Ikwerre must give back power to others this time. We will vote out the current PDP government. When you win, I will host all of you”
The event had the Secretary To the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who was represented by the special assistant to the president on social media, Lauretta Onochie in attendance.
Other dignitaries included the wife of the Minister of Transportation, Lady Judith Amaechi, the Senator representing Rivers East senatorial District, Senator Andrew Uchendu and the Director General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside.
The Minister who berated the Wike-led administration’s handling of security in the state said that those resident in the state should be free to sleep with two eyes closed, adding that it is the duty of the governor to secure lives and properties of the residents.
He said: “The responsibility of every leader is to keep his subjects alive. If there is no life, you will not find anyone to lead. If there is anybody on earth that said that I have ever sat with him to plan on how to kill people so as to win election, let him come forward”
He said that the people cannot continue to endure unemployment and poverty or else, the leaders will become the employment of the people.
In his opening remarks, the president of the movement, Mr. Azubuike Nwajoku said that the state needs peace and urged the minister to take the plights of the state to the president.
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