THE Rivers State Government has said it
is planning massive youth engagement to counter the statement credited
to the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike.
Wike, in a veiled reference to the State
Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday, said he was ready to make
life uncomfortable for the governor.
But the state government on Sunday said it was not worried by the threat of the Minister to make the state ungovernable.
The Chief of Staff, Government House,
Port Harcourt, Mr. Tony Okocha, said on Sunday that Amaechi was putting a
programme in place that would engage over 65,000 youths in the state.
Okocha argued that with such human
capital development programme, it would be difficult for Wike to achieve
his aim of making the state ungovernable.
He stated that the youths would be paid
at the end of every month, adding that beneficiaries of the programme
would shun any attempt by the minister or any other politician to engage
them in any untoward activity.
Okocha said, “With Wike’s statement he
has shown that he has shown to the world and Nigeria in particular that
he is behind the negative things happening in Rivers and that is the man
that has benefitted a lot from Rivers State.
“The governor is putting the state
resources into very meaningful features. We have gone into human capital
development and no fewer than 65,000 Rivers youths. Rivers youths will
benefit from a new programme that will soon be put in place by the state
government.
“This will go a long way to ensure that
the youths are meaningfully engaged. We are sure that with this, those
he (Wike) has been using and others he may want to use will call his
bluff.”
Meanwhile, Wike said on Sunday that he
and other prominent Rivers leaders had resolved to mobilise the people
for President Goodluck Jonathan as a result of what he described as the
negative plots against the President by few politicians in the state.
Wike spoke on Sunday in Gokana Local
Government Area during the inauguration of Grassroots Development
Initiative executives in the area.
He explained that leaders, politicians,
women and youth groups in the state had agreed not to sit on the fence
while a few politicians, who had lost grounds, attempted to create a
negative impression about a performing President from the South-South
region.
Wike said, “We are doing this to
indicate to our people and the nation that we cannot allow our son, who
is the President, to be harassed. Some people from our state are working
to stop the President from completing his constitutionally allowed
terms of office.
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I have said this before. Amechi and Wike should face each other in a boxing ring. Whoever that won, Rivers State will respect! They should stop useing the youths or militants to destroy the state. The President should call Wike or any other federal agent to order. NOW sir, not later
ReplyDeleteWike is a vry weak politician n lacks political strategy. D president shld drop wike frm his cabinet,his a distraction n his actionnin Rivers together with d IG av drag Mr Presidents name down. Wike is an ingrate in nature n wil do d same for Mr President if he leaves power. Dts just d truth,a back stabber is a back stabber anyday,anytime.
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