The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reacted to the dissolution of the Rivers State Executive Council and the sacking of the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Emeka Woke, and Senior Special Assistant on Protocol, Harold Koko.
The dissolution and dismissal were contained in an announcement signed by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
In reaction, the state Publicity Secretary of APC, Chris Finebone, accused the governor of giving priority to politics over governance.
He stated that Wike’s style of governance promotes self-interest rather than the common good.
According to him, “The dissolution did not come to some of us as a surprise. Any keen observer of Governor Wike’s brick and mortar style of governance should always expect him to exhibit a preference for self-interest above common good.
“He (the governor) started by disengaging the sanitation authorities without replacement – an action that has turned Port Harcourt into the refuse/garbage capital of Nigeria as I write.
“While we’re all burdened by the stench in Port Harcourt, the governor decided to dissolve his cabinet and send his appointees home at a critical time when governance deficit has become the order of the day in the state.
“We are not surprised because the governor places a high premium on politics over governance. We don’t call him an accidental governor for nothing.”
Finebone noted that the move by the state governor is to help him raise “a new army of supporters out of his aggrieved followers occasioned by his politics of imposition.”
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