The All
Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has described the eight-year
stewardship of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as unequalled since the
creation of the State in 1967, declaring that he will leave office in a blaze
of glory when his tenure ends on May 29, 2015.
“Governor
Amaechi has set new standards in governance, not only in Rivers State but,
indeed, nationally. History will record him as not only the best Governor
Rivers State has ever produced since its creation but also as one of the best
in the country,” Rivers APC said in a statement issued on Tuesday in the State
capital, Port Harcourt.
The party
in the statement signed by its State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, said
it came to the conclusion after a detailed study of Amaechi’s performance in
office and comparing it with that of his predecessors, as well as his
brother-governors across the country. It thanked Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole
Soyinka, APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and eminent jurist,
Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, for acknowledging Amaechi’s feats during their
remarks at the recent public presentation of the compilation of the
achievements of the Amaechi administration at Lagos recently by Dr Yemi
Ogunbiyi and Dr Chidi Amuta in their book. ‘Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi
Years’.
The
statement said “Prof. Soyinka did not only describe Amaechi as the arrowhead of
the change that led to the change in the country, a man of principle and strong
conviction, who was willing to stand by his belief at a great risk, but also
praised the giant strides made by the Amaechi administration. Asiwaju Tinubu
affirmed that Amaechi has charted the critical path to total political and
economic emancipation of the people of Rivers State, leaving a legacy of high
quality schools, hospitals, roads, bridges, security and human capacity
projects, among others. On his part, Justice Karibi-Whyte stressed that
Governor Amaechi was key in bringing all the ethnic nationalities in Rivers
State struggling for leadership together and fostering peace in the State.”
Rivers
APC said that Amaechi’s ability to achieve so much despite unceasing efforts by
the extremely hostile Peoples Democratic Party-led Federal Government and some
misguided Rivers State politicians testifies to the Governor’s uncanny gift in
crisis management. It assured Nigerians that Amaechi will take the magic wand
to the centre under the incoming APC-led Federal Government. “We are confident
that Governor Amaechi will continue to remain a worthy Ambassador of Rivers
State and will set new standards in whatever position our great party and our
leader, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari may wish to use him in the new
dispensation,” Rivers APC said
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