Former Rivers state governor,
Rotimi Amaechi has said that the continued re-occurrence of soot in Rivers
state was because of the inability of the state government to utilize the
security apparatus around him to curb the menace.
Amaechi who is now the Minister
of Transportation, while addressing newsmen at the Port Harcourt International
Airport said reports from the Federal Ministry of Environment show the black
soots polluting Rivers state are particles from illegal processing of crude
going on in the state.
He added that Governor Nyesom
Wike lacked the political will to confront those who indulge in illegal
processing of crude oil and bunkering activities.
Amaechi further stressed that
there was no soot in Rivers state during his 8-year administration because of
his obvious stance against illegality in the state, just as he alleged that
Wike has failed to discharge his security responsibilities to the people by
passing it on to the Federal Government.
“I was Governor here for 8 years
and there was no soot. The reason why you have soot is not the Federal
government.
“According to documents from the
Ministry of Environment, the reason for soot is because people are bunkering
and you have a Governor who is not able to discharge his security
responsibilities and he passes it on to the Federal government.
“We felt that Rivers people are
dying and we cannot allow one irresponsible man to allow Rivers people to die.
The soot is not coming from heaven. It is from the irresponsibility of
individuals who are in government and have no singular idea of what to do.
“When I was Governor, I was
responsible enough to stop them and there was no soot.”
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