Not Interested In 2015 Presidency - Amaechi
RIVERS State Governor Rotimi Amaechi says he has no plans to contest the 2015 presidency.
During an interactive session
with reporters in The Garden City of Port Harcourt on Monday, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum
Chairman said he was only interested in the development of the state.
On his posters and those of his Jigawa
State counterpart pasted in parts of the North, Amaechi said he had
nothing to do with them.
He said, “I have no ambition for
the 2015 Presidency. The future of Rivers people does not depend on 2015. I have never
attended any meeting anywhere about 2015.
“It is absolutely a non-issue. In the
North, there are pictures of Sule Lamido and I, but I don’t have
anything to do with it.”
On the boundary dispute between Rivers
and neighbouring Bayelsa, the governor said there was the suspicion
that the battle for Rivers State oil wells was aimed at “emasculating
the people of the state”.
He alleged that there were also moves to give 46 oil wells belonging to Rivers to Abia State.
Amaechi said, “This worries me. I join
you to ask that question; what is my sin? The court said they made a
mistake, but that mistake has not been corrected.
“They gave our oil wells to Bayelsa,
now they want to take another 71 oil wells. I leave the people of Rivers
State to take their destiny in their own hands. The President is behind
us and we must support him on this.”
He directed the chairmen of Eleme,
Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local governments to stop the indiscriminate
siting of mechanic workshops and ensure that their areas were kept
clean.
He added that he had directed the
Ministry of Finance to stop deducting Social Services Contributory levy
from workers’ salaries until early next year.
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