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On the hosting of West African Architecture Fair in Port Harcourt
I sincerely thank the President of the Nigeria Institute of Architects (NIA) and his team. This ceremony was opened on Tuesday. I was suppose to declare it open, unfortunately, I was away, my Deputy governor was away and I said it will not be proper for you to go back without us at least looking at your faces and finding out whether you are happy or not. So, we decided that, yes the Secretary to the State Government represented us, but it would be proper for us to sit down with you and unwind. So, I must sincerely thank you for honouring our invitation.
Let me also commend the NIA President that, I do know the problem you had to go through. Initially, people were scared because of the negative publicity by people who do not want the state to develop, the coup, the war against us. But, thank God that you were able to go through it and people can attest to the fact that it was a huge success. For us, we should be thanking you in the sense that, you have brought this array of architects, professionals from 13 countries . I remember when the Rotary International came, those of them from California were amazed. This is the city that they heard or had been hearing; this is happening and this is not happening. And to them, they saw it was propaganda at work. Am sure, when our friends go back, they will tell the world that, this state is indeed a peace loving state.
What you have done is not what money can buy. You can go to the pages of newspapers and say Rivers State is peaceful, but having come and stayed here and seen , you can go back to say listen, this insecurity reports are not true. I was there, I participated, so am tired of reading all these junks, enough is enough. So, I thank you most sincerely for honouring us, using all these opportunities for you to see our beautiful state. And let me assure you, and the son of the soil, President of the Nigeria Institute of Architects, we shall continue to support you. And to tell those of you who are not from this part of the world, that for us, we have a covenant with our people, and that covenant is that we have to put smiles in faces of our people.
On Amaechi’s criticism that there is no road to the hometown of his political mentor , Chief Godspower Ake
Somebody who was Governor of this state for eight years went to one burial today and the man who died was supposed to be close to the former governor. And then, he came and said, look, there is no road, by 2019, vote out these people. But somebody who preached a sermon at the burial said, haba! You were here for eight years, this man was very close to you. Eight years you did not remember this man . For eight years you did not construct a road to his hometown . Now, this is a government that has stayed one year and a few months, you are saying that there is no road.
I don’t know whether you understand the point l am making. Eight good years, and when money came to this state, not now that we are in recession, even though, it is not our portion in this state to be in recession.
Amaechi squandered the money of our people, using state resources to sponsor elections in other places.
Because of the funds
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