I have no Presidential Ambition –Gov. Amaechi Insists

Posted by admin Headlines, Rivers, State News Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013

Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state has again stated that he
has no presidential ambition saying those behind the rumour are
those who don’t like Rivers state.

Chatting with Journalists after an investment Forum and a town hall
meeting in Houston, Texas, the governor said the task ahead of
him now is to govern Rivers and not to become the president of
Nigeria.

“The assignment I have for now is to govern Rivers State and if any
other person thinks this man has ambition, it is that person’s
business. So if that is the reason for which Rivers State is being
denied of everything, too bad. I have said it that they don’t like
Rivers State.

“If they like Rivers State, they should show us evident that they like
Rivers State. Everything that comes to Rivers State they have
taken away. Even ordinary wavers for security helicopters,
agricultural materials, they wouldn’t grant the state.

“Anything we applied for they will never approve. There is nothing
we applied for that we have successfully gotten, absolutely
nothing.” Amaechi explained

On Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe

Governor Amaechi blasted the Minister saying “Orubebe has been
entrusted with that position to superintend over my state and eight
other states in terms of development and I have not seen one
project in my state, I doubt if any of my colleague has told me that
he has seen one.”

His words:

“Basically everybody in the future will answer the question – What
have I done the number of months or years that I have held a
particular public office entrusted to me. I have told him to tell us
how far he has gone and who are the contractors, what is the
process by which the contractors were chosen?

“I am open to a debate and I am ready to tell Orubebe that for
every project that he shows me that he had completed, I will show
him 10 projects in Rivers State that Rivers State Government has
constructed. I usually tell them that the problem with me is that I am
not an old man, I am equal to the task of confronting any of his
(President) subordinate who confront me on issues that are
mundane.”

On alleged confrontation with President Jonathan, the governor
noted that the president is a good man who surrounds himself with
bad lieutenants.

He said: “It is not that the president is bad, the president is
absolutely a good man, but those people around the president
continue to give that impression, they fan the ember of hatred and
dislike because that is how they will succeed and make their
money, that is how they will be relevance and unfortunately the
president has not seen that. He needs to see that.”

“For the President I owe him a lot of respect and regard, he is a
very good person. I have told him personally that for him, I see him
as a very good person, the problem I have is that some of his
lieutenants need to able to account for what they are doing in
different ministries.

“For any man to ascend to that office he must have passed
through a lot of challenges, for him to overcome those challenges
and become president, it makes him qualified. I do respect the
president and I challenged anybody that says I disrespect the
president to show me evidence of disrespect. I don’t think having a
contrary view amount to disrespect. So the president as a father
must be ready to accept contrary views.”

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