Rivers State Governor, Governor Rotimi Amaechi has given reasons why he left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Governor Amaechi said his reason for joining the APC to protect the interests of Rivers State which have been neglected by the PDP federal government.
He said the state suffers neglect and victimization in the absence of federal government projects and the ceding of oil wells in the state to neighboring states.
He urged people of the state to be politically conscious and become agents of progressive change to vote out the ruling PDP at the federal level.
Amaechi, who spoke yesterday during an interactive session with medical doctors in the state in Port Harcourt, said APC holds the key to the country’s rapid development.
According to the governor APC is the alternative to the PDP to reduce general impoverishment in the country.
He said one of the reasons for his disagreement with the federal government is over the Soku oil wells in Rivers State which were ceded to Bayelsa State and which the Rivers State government contested in court.
Dr Bukola Saraki the chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, yesterday however is in support of the defection of 37 members of the House of Representatives elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The former Kwara state Governor hailed the defecting federal lawmakers for their courage, describing their action as a welcome development.
Saraki stated this while speaking at the empowerment programme in Ilorin organised by Dr Ali Ahmad,a member of the House of Representatives, representing Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency of Kwara state.
Aside the commissioning of Ahmad’s ultra- modern constituency office, items worth N100m were distributed to the lawmaker’s constituents. Saraki hailed reps members from the state for what he called their bold decision to formally dump the PDP. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Amechi should stop struggling to explaining why he left POP. everyone knows he has no political future in PDP because of his pronounced insubordination to constituted authority.
ReplyDeleteHis reason for leaving the party is purely personal and selfish. He should stop trying to project his decision as patroitic or he risks being seen as a hypocrite. He will be shocked by the people's choice at the appointed time.