Laraba MUREY
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed concern over the current state of governance in the State.
Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the APC in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha, described the situation as an atrophy, insisting that Governor Siminalayi Fubara, in his pursuit of less substantial matters, is “chasing shadows.”
Okocha, who disclosed this at the party’s national headquarters while briefing journalists, on Thursday, also highlighted a worrying decline in the state’s renowned infrastructural developments.
He maintained that ongoing projects, previously completed up to 100%, now risk deterioration due to what he perceives as the governor’s misplaced priorities
He said, “He has left governance completely and begins to chase shadows. Those infrastructural developments that Rivers State is noted for has begin to atrophied.
”They are rotting away including projects that the former governor has completed upto 100% and he left it for him to come and Commission. He is unable to do anything and he is just after and chasing the mouse even when his house is burning. So there is complete lack of government and governance in Rivers State. And APC being a party now in opposition will not allow it.”
According to him, “The House of Assembly can be moved to anywhere. It is not necessarily down to a building. Provided the mace is present there, members can sit anywhere. As of this morning, the 27 lawmakers met and even signed some resolutions.
“Even when the building was burnt, the governor never bothered to set up a panel or committee to investigate. Apparently, we know he was the mastermind.
“Yesterday (Wednesday), the government brought it down to prove fait accompli to the members who defected. But we, as a party, have said we will fight illegalities and not allow anybody to hound any lawmaker.
“We are here to tell the world that we stand with the lawmakers. What they did is not an aberration. Defection is not new. In 2014, the PDP was run aground and the members left in droves to the opposing party.
“The PDP in Rivers has imploded and we are benefiting from the reward. We are telling the governor he cannot thrive on illegalities. I have given instruction to the legal adviser to petition the NJC to report the judge for delivering that ‘Jankara’ judgment.
“But having four members who sat is an error and illegal. We as a political party will fight all illegalities by the governor. I have wooed Wike publicly before when we were doing Renewed Hope to come to Macedonia and help us.
“In 2023, because he refused to work with the PDP presidential candidate, APC won. Yesterday, I reiterated our plea for him to come and he will become the leader of the party. But what is happening in Rivers is that Fubara has left governance completely and beginning to chase shadows,” he said.
