FUBARA MOCKS NYESOM WIKE – YOU ARE AN EMPTY CONTAINER
● Says the former governor, his supporters, may need psychiatric help soon
By PHC Telegraph
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State (right) his wife, Mrs Valerie Fubara (middle) and the Deputy Governor, Prof Ngozi Odu (left).Opponents of the Rivers State Government led by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Barrister Nyesom Wike, might require real psychiatric help if utmost care is not taken, Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said.
Speaking on Sunday, Fubara took a swipe at his predecessor who on Saturday in Port Harcourt promised to teach him how to play politics.
Wike had wondered how the people of Rivers State that are associating with the Governor ended up embracing the Action Peoples Party, APP, saying he was yet to see what Fubara is doing in office.
But Fubara fired back at Wike who claims ongoing projects initiated by the Sim Fubara administration were literally conceived by him.
He talked about the 50km Port Harcourt Ring Road valued at N200billion as well as the Trans-Kalabari Road project being built at a cost of N225.1billion which have the signature of his administration.
“I also included a Psychiatric Hospital”, Fubara said of the efforts he is making to develop Rivers State, “because they (Wike and his friends) will need it very soon.”
Apparently showing no regard to the one allegedly stoking the fire of disunity, the Governor of Rivers State declared, “It is only an empty container that makes noise.”
The Governor also had more to say as he frontally engaged Wike, “Very soon, you will see what we are doing. It is not about doing roads to your business interest. I don’t have any business interest. Whatever I am doing, I am doing it for the people of Rivers State.”We will not take any decision that we cannot defend. We won’t be part of anything that will bring any form of disgrace to our dear State. This State is important to us. It is the only thing that we have.
“It (Rivers State) is the beautiful pride. That is why they are struggling, coupled with the improvement in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) we have done. That is why they are struggling, we know. But, do it with modesty, you don’t need to destroy the house.”
“It (Rivers State) is the beautiful pride. That is why they are struggling, coupled with the improvement in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) we have done. That is why they are struggling, we know. But, do it with modesty, you don’t need to destroy the house.”
“The frustration you are seeing in their faces today is about this point we have gotten to. So, please, be strong. All the Babylonians that we are seeing today, you will not see them again”, Fubara told worshippers who came together to pray for Nigeria’s future on the occasion of its independence anniversary.
“If God has given you opportunity, eat your plantain and keep quiet”, Fubara advised Wike. “God will continue to give us the strength to do the best for our people, without fear.”
Poised to organise local government elections in Rivers State that Wike and his supporters have no appetite to take part in, Fubara remarked:
“They even say, they don’t know what we are doing. Let me remind them, it is Fubara that signed the paper to borrow from Zenith Bank the N200billion for the construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road. So, it is my project.
“It is Fubara that awarded the Trans-Kalabari Road that they couldn’t do. They did only a bridge from Krakrama, but I am the one doing it: the complete span, and it is N225billion. I didn’t borrow.”It is this same Fubara that is building a General Hospital, which I also included a Psychiatric Hospital because they will need it very soon. So, tell them that what I did in 1 year is what they did in 8 years.”
The Governor accused ‘Wike and his disciples’ of being hell-bent on their filthy hands on the soul of Rivers State, adding that the control of the State as the personal estate of anyone would be impossible.
Governor Fubara made the assertion at the Inter-denominational Church Thanksgiving Service organised as part of activities marking the 64th Independence Day Celebration of Nigeria at St. Paul’s Cathedral of the Anglican Communion at Garrison Junction in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
The Governor stated for the record in order to correct the wrong narrative peddled in some quarters, and explained that he signed the contractual sum of N200billion loan papers from Zenith Bank to fund the construction of the 50.15-kilometer dual carriage Port Harcourt Ring Road as project started by his administration.
He also stated that his administration is embarking on the construction of the actual Trans-Kalabari Road project worth N225.1billion, plus the General Hospitals together with the Psychiatric Hospital in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, among others, which nobody can lay claims to at all, adding that the projects were being funded without borrowing.
He said, “They even say, they don’t know what we are doing. Let me remind them, it is Fubara that signed the paper to borrow from Zenith Bank the N200billion for the construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road. So, it is my project.
“It is Fubara that awarded the Trans-Kalabari Road that they couldn’t do. They did only a bridge from Krakrama, but I am the one doing it: the complete span, and it is N225billion. I didn’t borrow.
“It is this same Fubara that is building a General Hospital, which I also included a Psychiatric Hospital because they will need it very soon. So, tell them that what I did in 1 year is what they did in 8 years.
Fubara insisted that if his traducers continue to deride the grace of God on his life, they would end up struggling needlessly for public attention and recognition.