Anti-Amaechi Forces Are After Rivers Resources

Chairman, Senate Committee on
Petroleum (Down-Stream), Senator
Magnus Abe, has said that those
fighting Rivers State governor and
Chairman of Nigeria Governors'
Forum, NGF, Mr Rotimi Amaechi,
were only after the resources of the
state.
Abe, who represents Rivers South-East in
the National Assembly, at Nchia,
headquarters of Eleme Local
Government Area of the state, during a
public hearing on a bill for a bye-law,
organised by the Eleme Local
Government legislative assembly, said
"the reason, I know all these, is because
the governor is vocal and he speaks his
mind on issues. Some people are
interested in getting control of the
government of Rivers State by hook or
crook not because they love Rivers State,
not even because they hate Amaechi,
but because they want to be the ones to
control the resources of Rivers State.
"In the past six years, we are witnesses
to what our resources have been used
for. All those things would not have
been possible if the resources of Rivers
State were not in the hands of those
who think that the people mattered
more than the big men."
Calling on the people of the state to be
more alert, Abe said that security has
been compromised in the state,
emphasising that the Nigeria Police has
become more interested in the politics
of the state, than in security.
He lauded the decision of the National
Assembly to take over the functions of
the Rivers State House of Assembly,
saying that the decision was taken so
that frayed nerves could calm down
while mature mind look for a solution to
the crisis.
"Thankfully, the National Assembly has
taken over the legislative functions of
the Rivers State House of Assembly. It
was done to cool down the problems, so
that mature heads will begin to look for
a solution that will restore constitutional
rule."
Commissioner in Rivers State Civil
Service Commission, Chief Bebe Okpabi,
thanked Senator Abe for providing
quality representation for the people of
Rivers South-East and commended him
for the water projects and bags of
fertilizer provided for the people of the
area.