Wike has failed the people of Rivers — Fubara

In light of the ongoing political turmoil, Rivers State Governor Sir Siminialayi Fubara has expressed sadness that the PDP has let the people of the State down.

According to Fubara, the state is now depending more on its ability to act in accordance with the facts than on party politics.

On Wednesday, the governor gave a speech at Government House in Port Harcourt to a group of senators from the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialization, which was chaired by senator Orji Uzo Kalu.

Party allegiance will no longer be a barrier to the state, according to Fubara, who declared that it would instead stand strong on its own territory to protect democracy.

He said: “In our State today we are no longer doing party. We are doing a movement, so you don’t blame me if I don’t go to the side of the party too much.

“The party has failed us here, so what we are doing here is to stand with our two legs on the soil of Rivers State, so that we can defend democracy.”

Fubara told members of the committee to factor in the interest of Rivers State as they recommend the privatisation and commercialisation of public companies, saying that when the State buys stakes in such companies, it can be protected and supervised to be viable.

He said: “I will also appeal to you that in this process of privatisation, anything that has to do with our own State here that needs to be privatised, the Rivers State Government will be interested. Because you can’t come here and own our property when we have the resources to have shares or to acquire some portion of it.

“So, as a committee, if there is anywhere you can support us; if they is anyone that is still available, let us know, and let us get the details so that we can own it.

“It is only when we own it that those assets can be protected. It is only when we own it, that is when those assets become viable to the State, and also become viable to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”