Embattled governor of Rivers State, Chubike Amaechi has maintained that the crisis rocking his state is as a result of belief by some interest groups that he was preparing to contest the 2015 general elections.
There has been growing insinuations across the country that the Rivers governor will contest the 2015 Presidential election as running mate to Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido.
Speaking on the Hausa service of thje British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) monitoresd in Kaduna, Amaechi said his primary concern was to govern and deliver the dividends of democracy to the people of Rivers state.
He noted that it was rather too early for anyone to be talking about contesting the 2015 elections and dismissed insinuations that he was teaming up with those opposed to President Goodluck Jonathan because of his (Amaechi’s) 2015 ambition.
According to him, those who are supporting him were not supporting him because they want him to be president, but because of they think governors are the ones to decidewho should lead them in the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF).
Amaechi whose response in English to the questions was interpreted in Hausa language stressed that it will be wrong for anybody to say he would want to run for 2015 elections now although he admitted that the political crisis in his state was tight to a lot of assumption by some people about what is going to happen in 2015. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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IS IT WRONG IN A DEMOCRACY TO ASPIRE FOR A POSITION OF WHATEVER TYPE.
ReplyDeleteAll these actions by participants in our democratic system go a long way to show how premature & naive our democracy is. My biggest worry is the legacy this will leave for our children,the future generation. We teach the new generation that there's nothing like the rule of law. I don't know if great Democratic structures like the America,Germany,France, etc can take all these from their men in authority. Nigerians as individuals are exceptionally good but once a Nigerian gets into the power corridors,an unimaginable mutation takes place & the person no longer remains the same. Our system needs a purge of all these contaminated elements if we intend to counted amongst the worlds 20 greatest economies. Do we intend to achieve this when gross misappropriation of our oil revenue is the order of the day? When the development of other sources of revenue is receiving little or no attention compared to what it is in developed economies who we intend to be like. What attention does education,health,security,research & other important sectors receiving compared to what it is in developed Nations? If we really are truthfully intending to be like these nations,don't we think we should toe their line? We should do those things that brought them to their current status. Our legislators receive higher remunerations & allowances than their counterparts in America & other developed nations. Yet we intend to be like them in the future. When insincerity & corruption become acceptable virtues in our society,how do we intend to achieve our developmental goals? The power is in our hands,let's all desist from getting involved or approving of any moral values in the society. Stand up & reject all negative moral values like corruption of any sort,insincerity in electoral practices,insincerity in the dispensation of legal duties,involvement in any non patriotic act especially those that grossly undermine the healthy existence of our polity. You know the rest!
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