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2011: No vacancy in Rivers Govt House, says PDP
CHIEFTAINS of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, a major oil and gas
producing state in the Niger Delta, who are nursing a governorship ambition on the platform of
the party in 2011, should shelve it for now.

Apparently surprised by the performance of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, the inner circle of
the party appeared to have settled on the governor as their winning joker The Chairman of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Chief Godspower Ake, says that the
performance of the State Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has exceeded his
expectations and that of the Party in just a few years in office.

AkanimoReports said Ake spoke on Sunday during a memorial service in honour of late Elder
Renner Ikuru, father of the State Deputy Governor and thanksgiving service for the Appeal
Court victory of Governor Amaechi at St. Simon’s Anglican Church, Ikuru Town, in Andoni
Local Government Area.

AkanimoReports said the PDP chief also tactically said that the PDP has no alternative to
Governor Amaechi in 20.

According to him, ''inspite of my support for Amaechi to become the governor of Rivers, i
never thought he could perform to the extend he has done within a short time''. He accordingly
lauded Amaechi for what he described as ''monumental achievements'' in the provision of
infrastructural facilities.

He claimed that PDP was not worried about the outcome of the Appeal Court election matter
because even if the case went back to the election tribunal and was annulled, Governor
Amaechi would have remained the Party’s candidate and based on what he has achieved
within the short period, he would still have won a fresh election.

In the mean time, the Amaechi administration says its ambitious road projects and other
infrastructural development in the coastal communities of the state like land reclamation are
geared towards fast-tracking economic growth to those communities which never thought of
having such in their life history.

Governor Amaechi said this while conducting the management of the Nigeria Television
Authority (NTA) Network Centre, Port Harcourt, around the various projects embarked upon
by the state government.

He said the people of Opobo Town, Ikuru Town, and other riverine communities in Andoni
Local Government Area would soon access their communities by road, stressing that the
State Government was delighted to spend billions of Naira on the projects to turn around the
economic fortunes of the people.

On how to redistribute the reclaimed lands in Opobo Kingdom, Governor Amaechi said the
communities would be left to decide how the land would be re-distributed among themselves
emphasizing that the State Government would not interfere even though it is Government
reclaimed land.

The governor also disclosed that his administration would introduce special allowance for
teachers in the rural areas to encourage them take up postings to the rural communities.

Amaechi said the bills for the proposed Primary Healthcare Board and Social Welfare Tax,
when passed into law by the State Assembly, are intended to institutionalize and sustain these
projects/programmes beyond his administration.

He further claimed that his administration has decided to introduce a scholarship scheme for
civil servants beside regular in-service trainings, noting that part of the money saved from the
Christmas bonus will be used to fund the scheme.

On the Scrap to Wealth plant at Kira-Tai, the Governor said, would be ready in six months
time, adding that the plant would be providing  jobs for many people in the industry, the state
has the technical man-power to operate the plant.

At the Trans Amadi gas turbine, the State Chief Executive said power generated are presently
under-utilized, blaming the problem on the refusal of the Federal Government to allow the
State Government re-distribute power generated from the State Independent Power Project
(IPP) through the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) transmition line.

The tour took the governor and his entourage to some primary, secondary schools, health
centres, roads and bridges projects in Opobo/Nkoro, Andoni, Eleme and Obio/Akpor Local
Government Areas of the state.