12th December, 2023
By Okafor Ofiebor Port Harcourt
The All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers has accused Governor, Siminalayi Fubara of ineffective leadership, poor governance and failure to fulfil his pledge to consolidate on the achievements of his predecessor and current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
Tony Okocha, the Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC in Rivers said this while reacting to defection of 27 lawmakers loyal to Wike from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to APC on Monday.
Tony Okocha who spoke on a live programme of Nigeria Infofm radio station in Port Harcourt monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday said the governor has nothing to show after spending six months in office, hence describing his administration as “failed”.
“Governance in Rivers State is dead. Governor Siminalayi Fubara has departed from the standard, which he said will continue and consolidate. He departed not because he has better ideas, there is nothing new. Those infrastructural developments we all knew about as citizens of the state for which reason former Governor Nyesom Wike was decorated with an award by the then APC government, they are all gone. They are now history. What is new in the past six months?
Okocha who is also the Rivers State representative in Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, added that: “In fact, any government that has stayed for 100 days and has nothing to show for it is as good as a failed government.
“That’s the reason 100 days celebration is in place. Now you have done over six months, we can’t see any developmental strides, we can’t see anything new. What we hear in the news are alterations. Governor Sim Fubara has left governance and is now chasing shadows.”
Okocha revealed that APC in will be organizing a Thanksgiving Service to welcome the 27 PDP lawmakers into the fold of APC formally.