Sole Administrator of Rivers State Waste Management Agency, RIWAMA, Bro Felix Obuah says he is not surprised that Governor Nyesom Wike has won the Sun Newspaper Man of the Year Award for the second consecutive time.
According to Obuah, the reason for deserving such place of honour is not farfetched in the light of the infrastructural revolution taking place in Rivers State powered by Governor Wike and which in the years past, were thought impossible.
Wike, the RIWAMA boss noted, has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubts that if given the opportunity, can get Nigeria moving again.
Describing Wike as a visionary and pragmatic leader, Obuah said the governor has not only demonstrated capacity but also exhibited true understanding of democracy by confronting development and political issues head-on.
He said one of such democratic imperatives and true federalism is the issue of Value Added Tax (VAT) which Wike has held the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government spell-bound, providing a morale booster for other State governors to follow suit.
Obuah recalled other anti-social issues which Wike as the man who saw tomorrow pointed out which if they were embraced by the rest of the country would have saved Nigeria the calamity and losses eventually suffered.
One of such, he said, were the excesses of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), of the Nigeria Police which notoriety forced the Nigerian youths to embark on one of the bloodiest protests in the nation’s history.
“When Gov Wike raised alarm and was shouting, little or no attention was given to his concerns. Had the authorities cared, a whole lot of losses would have been avoided, but rather than do that, his genuine concerns were politicized and trivialized until they snowballed into a national crisis. So is the case of VAT for which the federal government is seeing Gov Wike as hitting the air”, Obuah regretted.
The RIWAMA boss however, finds solace in the fact that some sections of the critical media are alive to the realities on ground and still have the boldness to appreciate quality leadership and contributions of the likes of Governor Nyesom Wike and consider him most qualified for honour as exemplified by the Sun Newspaper Man of the Year Award.
Congratulating him on the award, Obuah said the honour represents the collective wish and appreciation of the people since the media is the voice of the masses.
He urged the teeming Rivers people and Nigerians generally to learn to appreciate and encourage those who show distinction in their service delivery like Governor Nyesom Wike through their support and prayers.
