Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has told Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) that only has tales of killings and kidnappings come 2023.
The governor gave the charge at the flag-off ceremony for the construction of Etche Campus of Rivers State University in Abara Town of Etche Local Government Area on Tuesday.
Governor Wike said with the total collapse of security in parts of the country, it is obvious that the APC federal government cannot be trusted with the future of the country.
“Don’t listen to those people who lie to you. Those who cannot provide security for Nigeria. Are you seeing the killings every day now? Are you not worried about this country. Is there any hope that they can offer to this country again?”
Governor Wike boasted that, unlike APC, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) makes promises and commit to fulfilling them without giving excuses.
According to him, his administration is on the first phase of a 45 days of project flag-off and commissioning that is unprecedented in the history of the country.
“You know the difference between us and them, is that you can see us every day, moving from one local government to another. It is either we are flagging off or commissioning projects.
“They are not doing so because there’s nothing for them to do. They don’t have anything to show too. We started on the 27th of May, 2021 and we will end the first phase on the 10th of July 2021.
That’s more than a month of flagging- off or commissioning projects. Who has ever done so in this country? Have we not secured a place already in Guinness Book of records?”
Speaking further, Governor Wike urged Etche people not to be indecisive in their resolve to pitch tent with PDP and deliver more votes to the party that brought development to them.
“Now, we are going to commission Odofur road, but with how many votes, mere seven thousand votes? You need something but you won’t come out and give the votes.
“When we make promise, we fulfil it. You too, fulfil your own promise. It should be two ways, the party, PDP and you.”
Governor Wike insisted that the Rivers State University must release more funds to, and also supervise the contractors handling the construction work at the Etche closely.
He said his administration will not compromise quality work and declared that 40 plots of land will be acquired opposite the campus for the sitting of police station.
“We want the quality job because we are known for quality projects. From now till May 2022, economic activities will increase here, so, please, Etche people, try and support the contractors to make sure they finish this job.”
However, the APC accused Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party of sowing the seeds of insecurity in Nigeria.
A statement issued by Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, APC’s National Secretary, described the governor’s comments as false.
While reiterating that Wike lied by saying the Federal Government has lost control of the security situation, Akpanudoedehe noted that “the seeds of the insecurity which the APC administration is containing was sown by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration when it handled the Boko Haram insurgency in an inept and incompetent manner.”
“The remarks by the Rivers state governor, whose party members call a dictator, flies against the continuous efforts of our security forces who are toiling day and night and successfully rolled back the Boko Haram insurgency it inherited to a small part on the shores of Lake Chad.
“Nigerians can recall that the insurgents once attacked places of worship, markets, and gathering of citizens in many states of the Federation before the APC administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari galvanized and equipped the armed forces to degrade their capacity to strike all over the country.
“It is ironic that the dictator at the Rivers State government house has forgotten so soon that kidnapping for ransom, like the Boko Haram insurgency, did not start under this administration, but every effort is being made to stop it along with its twin evil of banditry.
“The APC administration has consistently worked for the best interest of Nigeria and will not be distracted by the antics of the PDP designed to mislead Nigerians into assuming that the PDP they rejected in free and fair elections in 2015 and 2019 is worthy of their trust.
“A leopard cannot change its spots. The PDP is clearly in disarray. It was a failure in governance and a shocking failure as an opposition party. Nigerians cannot risk the country’s future in the hands of the same political party that brought the rot the APC administration is clearing,” the statement read.
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