Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi has urged the people of Ogoni to punish President Goodluck Jonathan by voting him out of office for failing to implement the United Nations Environment Programme report in the area. Amaechi who spoke in Bane, Khana LGA of the State at a thanksgiving reception for a former council chairman, Gregory Nwidam, said the PDP- led federal government lacks the political will to implement the UNEP report to make the environment habitable for the people of Ogoni, including the provision of water and other infrastructure. “After the verification and recommendation by the agency to the federal government, they have refused to release the $1million meant for clean-up and development of the area. As I talk to you today, the federal government is doing nothing about the UNEP report. $1 million is about N160 billion, but the government has been spending billions in other places. You need to ask yourselves one question, what did Ogoni do against the federal government that they cannot release N160 billion to save your environment? That is the reason I left the PDP for the APC, because, our interest is not protected in the PDP. So, when they cannot give the people of Ogoni N160 billion, which is not even enough for their kids to travel around America and London, if they cannot give to Ogoni people, why should you vote them?” “What you should do is to punish them with your votes by voting them out in 2015. When you vote, you are not fighting for me, you are fighting for yourselves because, I have served as a speaker for eight years and governor for eight years, what I need from God is long life. You need to fight for yourselves and save Rivers State as well,” he said. The governor urged the people of Khana and all Rivers people to register and identify with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to vote out the PDP in 2015.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:52:49 +0000
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