By: Felix Ikpotor
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has advised the state governor, Nyesom Wike to desist from wasting the state’s resources on what it termed ill-fated jamborees.
The APC stated this on the back drop of the National Conference of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scheduled for tomorrow in Port Harcourt. This was contained in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Chris Finebone.
According to Finebone, “While the Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, is not interested in the sordid and hilarious happenings within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by it’s numerous factions and leaders, the APC is deeply worried that, once again, the coffers of Rivers State will be emptied by the governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike to host a national convention that is bound to be declared a ‘no show’ just like the one the PDP held on Saturday, 21st May, 2016 in Port Harcourt that came to nothing”.
He added that: “The APC is further worried that, as a lawyer, Nyesom Wike and other lawyers in the PDP are the ones shopping for all manner of conflicting court orders regarding their national convention. The sum total of their actions point to unfettered reign of impunity on August 17 and this is familiar territory for Nyesom Wike and his co-travellers. However, whenever the dust of the convention settles, the likelihood of the convention being declared a nullity looms”.
The party said its, “Utmost concern is that the Rivers taxpayer is now made to bear the brunt of reviving the dying behemoth called PDP now lying in comatose in hospital and gasping for breath”.
APC however, wondered why only Rivers State governor has elected to host the convention despite the dwindling economy while other PDP states
like Bayelsa, Delta, Cross Rivers and Akwa Ibom have never showed interest.
The party said: “While our governor is playing the PDP most wasteful spending governor, civil servants, Rivers State House of Assembly legislative aides, medical workers, teachers and other workers in different sectors in the State are groaning and protesting several months of unpaid salaries and wages”.
