The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,
Elder Godsday Orubebe, has accused Rivers State Governor and the
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, of
disrespecting President Goodluck Jonathan.
Orubebe claimed that Amaechi had gone on
air to say that governors of the Niger Delta states were ready to take
over the construction of the East-West Road.
Speaking with newsmen on Thursday night
shortly after inspecting the East-West Road, the minister alleged that
the state governor was arrogating powers that did not belong to him
(Amaechi) to himself.
Also describing Port Harcourt, the
Rivers State capital, as a slum, the minister urged Amaechi to busy
himself with the task of developing the state.
“If today, the governor of Akwa Ibom
State is saying these things, I will sit down and reason with him, but
not the governor of Rivers State. He is only talking; almost all the
roads he (Amaechi) started are abandoned,” Orubebe noted.
However, Amaechi’s Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, described Orubebe’s accusation as ludicrous
and bizarre, adding that at no time did the governor disrespect
President Jonathan.
Iyofor said the minister’s allegations were an attempt to divert attention from his failure to deliver on the East-West Road.
He said, “Amaechi has tremendous respect for the office of the President of Nigeria and President Goodluck Jonathan.
“The office of the President of Nigeria
is a big institution that deserves utmost respect and it would be
grossly irresponsible for anyone to disrespect Mr. President, which
unfortunately Minister Orubebe is doing by dragging the President’s name
into his inability to deliver on the East-West Road.”
He recalled that the governor led the
people of Rivers to deliver the highest vote by any state in the country
for Jonathan during the last presidential election.
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