Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi had on Sunday said he contested and won the controversial Nigerian Governors’ Forum , NGF, chairmanship election, which held on Friday.
The governor said this at an Interdenominational Church Service held at Corpus Christi Cathedral in Port Harcourt to mark this year’s Children’s Day celebration which also coincided with his (Amaechi) 48th birthday.
According to him, “Let me say to you, I am the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum. That we are not talking is because we have decided not to talk. They voted, we voted and we won. If they had won, I would have congratulated them.”
The embattled governor also assured children of the state that his administration was determined to provide good governance and quality education to them. He also said that government was on track and would provide adequate security in the state.
“I want to assure the children that this country has no future without you. We owe you nothing but good leadership, good governance and to ensure we provide good education. I also assure you as a government that security is a priority to us; we should not play politics with the lives of our people,” he said.
The Catholic Bishop of Port Harcourt Diocese, Most Reverend Camillus Etukudoh, while speaking at the event congratulated Governor Amaechi on his victory, assuring him that the church will continue to pray for him and the state.
Also speaking at the St. Nicholas Anglican Church, Woji, Amaechi assured that the Trans-Woji bridge linking the Peter Odili road would be completed in July in order to decongest the traffic challenge on Aba road.
“Before September, most of you will not be driving on Aba road again. In the next one month, they will fill up the Trans -Woji bridge. I have been told by the contractor that by the end of June/July they will fill up the bridge”, he said.
He also promised to build two more primary schools at Woji to enable those living in the area to have access to his government’s free education programme.
“I don’t believe you have enough primary schools in Woji. I need land to build more primary schools in Woji. The CTC chairman of Obio/Akpor should look for land for me to build more primary schools,” he said
Commentaires