The All Progressives Congress, APC, has warned the Rivers
State government not to drag it into the ongoing implementation of the Special
Public Works Programme of the Federal Government.
Governor of the State, Nyesom Wike had through his nominee,
Erastus Awortu, withdrew from the SPWP alleging that the programme which is
meant to employ thousands of unskilled workers was a scam.
But the APC in the state is accusing the Wike-led government
of blackmail, just as it says the Governor is misguided.
Spokesman of the Statutory members of the party, Ogbonna
Nwuke in a statement said the argument by Wike’s government that more people
are being allowed to collect forms instead of pinning down the number of
beneficiaries to a specific number of slots, defeats the wild allegation made
by the Rivers State Government.
He added that, “The truth is that the approach adopted by
the Committee gives more persons who could have been excluded from the process,
the opportunity to vie for the limited slots.
“Those who ordinarily have no godfathers; no access to
strong men; would certainly have a rare chance of placing food on their
breakfast tables, where a straight jacketed arrangement proposed by the Rivers
State Government as reason for its withdrawal from the scheme is not allowed to
operate.
“There are attempts by agents of the Rivers State Government
to blackmail the All Progressives Congress(APC) and drag the Party into a
needless confrontation over the implementation of the ongoing employment scheme
driven by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
“We state emphatically that while some special interest
groups, including the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), National Union of
Road Transport Workers (NURTW) as well the Rivers State Government, to mention
a few, have been drafted under the programme to ensure Rivers people benefit
from the Federal Government’s scheme, the APC has maintained a safe distance
from its implementation.
“The APC in Rivers State would remain neutral and impartial
on matters like this which affect the well being of a great majority of our
people. And we thank the Bariko-led Committee for ensuring that the scheme
which is being hailed by the needy is not hijacked by anyone for selfish and
political reasons.”
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