Southern Governors’ Decisions Irrevocable, Says Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has replied to persons
opposed to the recent decisions of Southern governors on open
grazing and other issues saying the governors’ demands are
irrevocable.

Wike, insisted that their demands must be respected reminded
critics of the governor’s should that no section of the country is
inferior to others.

Wike spoke during a grand reception held in his honour by Ogoni
nationality in Bori, Khana Local Government Area on Saturday.

The governor declared that he had taken further steps to fulfill
the resolutions reached by Southern Governors in Asaba.

He said: “We have taken a position and no going back. Enough is
enough. We are not second class citizens of this country. We also
own this country.”

Wike charged the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project
(HYPREP) saddled with the responsibility of the cleanup of polluted
sites in Ogoni, to relocate its operational office from Port
Harcourt to Bori, the headquarters of the Ogoni people.

He said: “You cannot talk of cleaning up a place and keep your
office in another area. Bring your office from Port Harcourt and
come and stay in Bori, So that you can hear and appreciate the
feelings of the people.”

Wike recalled that when he launched his quest to govern Rivers
State in 2014, he received tremendous support from Ogoni
nationality.

He said in appreciation, his administration had graciously
fulfilled the promise to dualise the Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono Road and
had gone further to award contract for the phase two of the project
from Bori to Kono valued at N14bn.

The governor acknowledged that the people of Ogoni nationality
had remained steadfast in their support of his administration.

The governor directed the Commissioner of Power and in-coming
Chairman of Khana Local Government Area to ensure the
electrification of all communities in the council yet to be
connected to the national grid within the next five months.

He charged the incoming chairmen Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme to
endeavour to initiate and implement projects that would enhance the
wellbeing of their people.

Wike noted that Ogoni was an important part of the state and
Nigeria, and urged their leaders to fight against the menace of
cultism and other related acts of criminality.

The Rivers State governor, who was conferred with the title, the
Mene Kwalenu 1st of Ogoni, (a benevolent king) by the President of
Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, His Royal Majesty,
King G.N.K Giniwa, assured that his administration would continue
to ensure even development of every part of the state.

In his remarks, the President of Kagote, Emmanuel Deeyah, said
the reception was organised in honour of the governor because Ogoni
people were beneficiaries of the unprecedented infrastructural
developments witnessed in the state since he assumed office.

He said: “In this light, we respectfully place on record our
gratitude for the various appointments and elective offices that
came to our sons and daughters through your singular effort.

“Due to several infrastructural development programs and
projects that you have executed in our Local Government Areas both
completed and some ongoing are scattered all over the place.”

Also, Senator Magnus Abe, lauded the governor for improving
infrastructure in Ogoni land.

He said: “This is not a gathering of the Ogoni people from which
any Ogoni man that is proud to be an Ogoni man can afford to be
absent.
The good politician is not the one that has the most number of
enemies, it is the one that has the most number of friends.”

Former president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni
People (MOSOP), Ledum Mitee, said Ogoni people would remain
eternally grateful to Governor Wike for his developmental strides
in Ogoni.

Mitee explained that during his reign as MOSOP president, he had
appealed to all past Rivers State governors to dualise the
Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono Road but none except Governor Wike harkened to
him and other Ogoni leaders.

Present at the event were Minister of State for Education, Emeka
Nwajiuba, Senator Barry Mpigi, Dumnamene Dekor , the Speaker Rivers
State House of Assembly, Ikuinyi O. Ibani, and leaders of the Ogoni
nationality.

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has replied to persons
opposed to the recent decisions of Southern governors on open
grazing and other issues saying the governors’ demands are
irrevocable.

Wike, insisted that their demands must be respected reminded
critics of the governor’s should that no section of the country is
inferior to others.

Wike spoke during a grand reception held in his honour by Ogoni
nationality in Bori, Khana Local Government Area on Saturday.

The governor declared that he had taken further steps to fulfill
the resolutions reached by Southern Governors in Asaba.

He said: “We have taken a position and no going back. Enough is
enough. We are not second class citizens of this country. We also
own this country.”

Wike charged the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project
(HYPREP) saddled with the responsibility of the cleanup of polluted
sites in Ogoni, to relocate its operational office from Port
Harcourt to Bori, the headquarters of the Ogoni people.

He said: “You cannot talk of cleaning up a place and keep your
office in another area. Bring your office from Port Harcourt and
come and stay in Bori, So that you can hear and appreciate the
feelings of the people.”

Wike recalled that when he launched his quest to govern Rivers
State in 2014, he received tremendous support from Ogoni
nationality.

He said in appreciation, his administration had graciously
fulfilled the promise to dualise the Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono Road and
had gone further to award contract for the phase two of the project
from Bori to Kono valued at N14bn.

The governor acknowledged that the people of Ogoni nationality
had remained steadfast in their support of his administration.

The governor directed the Commissioner of Power and in-coming
Chairman of Khana Local Government Area to ensure the
electrification of all communities in the council yet to be
connected to the national grid within the next five months.

He charged the incoming chairmen Khana, Gokana, Tai and Eleme to
endeavour to initiate and implement projects that would enhance the
wellbeing of their people.

Wike noted that Ogoni was an important part of the state and
Nigeria, and urged their leaders to fight against the menace of
cultism and other related acts of criminality.

The Rivers State governor, who was conferred with the title, the
Mene Kwalenu 1st of Ogoni, (a benevolent king) by the President of
Supreme Council of Ogoni Traditional Rulers, His Royal Majesty,
King G.N.K Giniwa, assured that his administration would continue
to ensure even development of every part of the state.

In his remarks, the President of Kagote, Emmanuel Deeyah, said
the reception was organised in honour of the governor because Ogoni
people were beneficiaries of the unprecedented infrastructural
developments witnessed in the state since he assumed office.

He said: “In this light, we respectfully place on record our
gratitude for the various appointments and elective offices that
came to our sons and daughters through your singular effort.

“Due to several infrastructural development programs and
projects that you have executed in our Local Government Areas both
completed and some ongoing are scattered all over the place.”

Also, Senator Magnus Abe, lauded the governor for improving
infrastructure in Ogoni land.

He said: “This is not a gathering of the Ogoni people from which
any Ogoni man that is proud to be an Ogoni man can afford to be
absent.
The good politician is not the one that has the most number of
enemies, it is the one that has the most number of friends.”

Former president of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni
People (MOSOP), Ledum Mitee, said Ogoni people would remain
eternally grateful to Governor Wike for his developmental strides
in Ogoni.

Mitee explained that during his reign as MOSOP president, he had
appealed to all past Rivers State governors to dualise the
Saakpenwa-Bori-Kono Road but none except Governor Wike harkened to
him and other Ogoni leaders.

Present at the event were Minister of State for Education, Emeka
Nwajiuba, Senator Barry Mpigi, Dumnamene Dekor , the Speaker Rivers
State House of Assembly, Ikuinyi O. Ibani, and leaders of the Ogoni
nationality.