Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, yesterday, explained why he was the target of attacks from some politicians within and outside the state.
According to him, “most of the people opposed to me are in the rank of those I assisted one way or another, some by contract awards but they failed to deliver.”
Speaking at a meet-the-people tour of communities in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, Amaechi said: “If you check Obio/Akpor council, you will see how many persons that have grown through me.
Almost 80 per cent of those fighting me today are people who I have given billions of naira in contracts and they have put the money in their pockets, they did not deliver and they claim they are Ikwerre people.
“I have said that the road at Eneka was given to an Obio/Akpor son. The internal road at Rumuolumeni was given to a Rumuolumeni son. They gave it to one of Obio/Akpor’s sons to do. They have not done it. They have no fear, no shame.
“You know, the worst money to steal is the money belonging to your people. For me, go and check Ubima Road, as an ordinary Special Assistant to Chief Rufus George, the money he brought, we did the Ubima Road and when I became Speaker, I got Dr. Peter Odili to do the road and the road lasted until I became governor.
“I did not touch Ubima money. I did not say ‘I want to be a big man, contractor, give me N40 million first’. The first road to Ubima was N40 million, one kobo I did not see.
“All the roads in Rumuepirikom(community of Nyesom Wike) were done by this administration. I gave the contracts to your son and paid hundred per cent. But almost all the roads there have gone bad and they are not major traffic route. It is because of greed.
“As an Ikwerre man, what else can I do? Please tell me what else do you want me to do that I have not done? I just did not do the road, I gave it to Ikwerre people to do. If you are not a good contractor, you look for a good contractor to do for you, is it not? Now, you are not a good contractor, you don’t want to hire a good contractor, you just buy one pay loader and you begin to scratch the ground.”
He thanked the people of Oro-Igwe for the opportunity of meeting with them and urged them to beware of those who would be dishonest or betray people for selfish reasons.
- culled from vanguard
*This man is very stubborn but i love him like crazy because he is consistent with his many stories..lol
*yawns*
ReplyDeleteDidn't read d part of him not eating public money @ all o, because that's next to impossible for public office holders!
DeleteOK. ~Otuanwan
ReplyDeleteTell that to primary school pupils
ReplyDeleteCall me sdk crush
Hummm
ReplyDeleteStory for the gods
ReplyDeleteStory for d gods #idonbilivit#
ReplyDeleteMake una ask Irene? irene come tell us abeg, is Amechi guilty or not? Na only you fit tell us the truth! As Abati is to Jonathan so is Irene to Amechi!
ReplyDeletePepper ose oku!
Pepper,no put me for KiriKiri o. Sha,the guy no chop anything o. He is changing the face of PH. Formerly,I used to get to X in 1hour plus,but now with the good road network,I now get to X before 20mins. Things are better kpomkwem
DeleteHmmmn! If u say so, bt ur face doesn't luk lyk sum1 who says d truth. I dn't knw if 2 believe ur word or d kind of xpression ur face got bt goodluck 2 u anyway if u did steal or nt
ReplyDeleteAkuko! He has not touched, but he has tapped
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You awarded contracts and the contractors didn't deliver, have you arrested them? You can't even name them. You, my dear Amaechi, are one of the problems of Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteI LUV my Gov RCA... God bless Rivers state
ReplyDeleteBless you too. Send your account details to Irene
DeleteOh please! Why didn't he give the contracts to known construction companies? Story for the gods.
ReplyDeleteHave nt seen anytin bad dis man has done...people tend to always push him forward for criticism,,but sorry I won't criticize him.
ReplyDeleteissokay!
ReplyDeleteLMAOOOOOOOOOOO! Oh dear!. No comment abeg. *chews bitterkola*
ReplyDeleteSo you are happy that he doles out rivers people money to his political friends, concubines and wives..Are the money and contracts from his fathers inheritance. Infact Why do you say he is consistent with his many stories..Let’s look at it: You gave me a contract and I took the complete money without doing the job and you refused to report to anybody or arrest me. At the same time, you were rewarding me with more and better political appointments... Haba you checkam na..Amaechi is plain wicked to his rivers people and need to be put into a cage
ReplyDeleteJeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus. Who the eff is this? Cage? Wicked? Wives? Concubines? Only one person?
DeleteChaaaai
Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesus. Who the eff is this? Cage? Wicked? Wives? Concubines? Only one person?
DeleteChaaaai
My thoughts exactly..!! Who pays 100% for contracts before the work is complete? Thief like him..!! If he didn't have any issues with these people now, na so our money go disappear.
DeleteNonsense and ingredients.
If his hands are so clean, let him drag them to EFCC or ICPC sef.
Awon ole buruku!!
okooooo,don't even know again for this amaechi sef.
ReplyDeleteMadam stella o! The case in Ph have been confirmed to be Ebola o!
ReplyDeleteI believe him #coughs###
ReplyDeleteI ve never stolen my husband's money too****
Amechi leave poltricks for now oooo there are #EBOLA in Rivers state acted fast like other pple.....
ReplyDelete*ANGEL OF LOVE*
#I LOVE, LOVE.....
I believe you Amaechi
ReplyDeletecan remember when you drove alone to Oyigbo on a power bike to inspect the road that they claimed has been repaired and even showed you a fake picture of it only for you to find road still in its former terrible state, infact horrible state, more like a lake. God! you really went mad!!!!!
Really?
ReplyDeleteWe don hear. Those he gave d contract to and did not perform are above d law and couldn't be prosecuted or wat?
ReplyDeleteIhekire Tony
ReplyDeleteStella I heard Amaechi just won the award for "lie of the century". Please confirm.
Amechi, story teller. Loolz
ReplyDeleteIrresponsible - as a custodian of the wealth of rivers people he should not be giving contracts to incompetent people in the name of tribalism. He even claims to hv paid 100% for a poor job.
ReplyDeleteHighly irresponsible and he is complicit in guilt.
He was even expecting a pat on the back.which way Nigeria?
DeleteChineke me'....See what a state governor is coming out to vomit.. admitting to fraud, misuse of power, favouritism, nepotism, Ikwerreism, etc..He gave billions of naira from where? His personal bank account? Money from his father's house?..Abeg this man should stop with the hypocrisy...
ReplyDeleteOnye ka a ga aju?
ReplyDeletePerson wey dey feed pikin must lick hand but is for that person to want finish the baby food that I have problem with
ReplyDeleteAmaechi, u don lick hand small
Cos no one be saint abeg!
Everyone is a saint until..................
Yimu. Maybe true,maybe not..well I can't disturb my brain at dis moment.
ReplyDeleteI need a job...*crying*
God will help U dear. Just remain hopefu and prayerful.
DeleteWhy do I think this is funny?.. Anyway vote Stella.... For the best weightloss and fitness tips click here»» Fitness Blog, Weight Loss Tips And Beauty you could also win $100 if you win the september fitness challenge
ReplyDeleteSo true. He did not sqaunder any money. Guy is almost stingy sef.
ReplyDeleteSorry Gov but you know say na true. Check am na
So true. He did not sqaunder any money. Guy is almost stingy sef.
ReplyDeleteSorry Gov but you know say na true. Check am na
Story for the gods........in Olamide's voice.
ReplyDeletehe sounds too arrogant for my liking.
ReplyDeletePerson wey dey feed pikin must lick hand but is for that person to want finish the baby food that I have problem with
ReplyDeleteAmaechi, u don lick hand small
Cos no one be saint abeg!
Everyone is a saint until..................
make una gather oh ,una don gather ,ok now listen ,amaechi say he has never touched the masses money .
ReplyDeleteOk 've heard ameachi,let mi go and investigate
ReplyDeleteStella ..... Amechi may be stubborn , but he has the fear of the Almighty God in him ...... That's why he's been able to confront his adversaries .....
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmn
ReplyDeleteOkay!
Anyi ga aju onye?Shit happens.
ReplyDeleteMrs Korkus abeg which kain soup you use my comment cook? I need to see my comment o
ReplyDeleteHe isnt stingy o. Na slip of tongue
ReplyDeleteDora Akunyili said she discouraged corruption among her workers by paying them well and giving them incentives. We no say make you no chop, but make una dey do una work. Rose
ReplyDeleteRotimi Chibike Amaechi. Mr Controversy! Well about not touching the people's money, i can't say anything about that cos i don't know if it's true or not. Awarding contracts to the indigenes to develop their communities is so true cos they complained that he wasn't encouraging indigenous contractors. He has mentioned their names before. However, am still baffled on why he is yet to prosecute them.
ReplyDeleteimagine this good for nothing charlatan publicly grandstanding about his probity and integrity, the whole hogwash is an oxymoron. You've not stolen public money but you've doled out billions of public funds to cronies for job either poorly executed or not executed at all. this intself is self indictment warranting immediate impeachment and subsequent prosecution. As regards not dipping hands into public funds for personal enrichment, he can tell that story to an ebola infected fruit bat, what other biz does he have to justify his opulent lifestyle and personal worth. Some of us knew him when he was working at Odili's clinic and his children were daily been transported to Play pen nur/pri school rumuibekwe daily with okada
ReplyDeleteEveryone had a humble beginning. So,what do u do now?
DeleteStill looking out for those that transport their kids with keke to Madonna ,Emmy Norberton,Bereton,Aladumo etc.
IRENE. B
Wildrage u sound like a broken record. We all started from some where. Everybody has a story to tell. Calling Amaechi names doesn't stop him from being the Rivers governor.what i do know is that Amaechi did way much better than his predecessor.
DeleteAre u for real ? or you are just being deliberately stupid. Its because we have so many people like you in Naija who inspite of their education sparingly adorn their thinking caps that charlatans in power gets away with their perfidy. the issue is not about "humble beginning" rather its about probity, integrity and what you do with public funds when you find yourself in public office. Ameachi's kids school abroad now with tax payers money and he feels he has the right to insult us by claiming publicly that he's never stolen from the funds entrusted to him, he doles out billions of Naira worth of phony contracts to cronies and instead of being remorseful by recovering the funds and prosecuting his profiteering friends , he is more concerned with their political betrayal.
DeleteI don't want to exonerate the governor, but I pity him.
ReplyDeleteWhen he wanted to give contracts to competent firms the same indigenes said NOOOO & even went as far as kidnapping some of the expatriate staff that were seen on site.
CRA decided to please the people who voted him into power, now these same people have turned round to criticise him.
I also remember when shell wanted to dualise woji rd from old aba rd to the end, the woji people said shell should give them the contract. The contract was given to one of their chiefs who took the youth to townhall and bought them drinks. The dualization project yet undone!
This is the story of our country Sone people would come here & be calling Amaechi names.not knowing the history of the entire matter .He has tried period!
DeleteNoise maker like Adams of Edo
ReplyDeleteStory story
ReplyDeleteDo you think at all? There's something called political patronage.He did his bit.The contractor was to do the rest.When he now stopped giving them the jobs, they alk ganged up to call him a bad person
ReplyDeleteThis man too like brouhaha! If I hear say he never chop masses' money!
ReplyDeleteonly GOD can judge those who.stole public funds amaechi praise yourself wellu wellu ooooo
ReplyDeletesome stories are better told to the birds. Amaechi should think before coming out to talk and not the reverse. if he(Amaechi) was not part of the fraud why not prosecute them now rather than moving from one place to the other singing different songs and bringing his leg out by himself. #loserstalk. unto the next matter ojare
ReplyDeleteNa wao isn't the the pregnant side dish just opened restaurants in zim after you ran that story of him and the lady at radison blu hotel. Obviously the side dish was handsomely paid to look after the baby until adulthood.
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