The
RIVERS State Government may have abandoned the multi-billion naira monorail
project embarked upon by the immediate-past administration.
Governor
Nyesom Wike, who gave this hint on Monday while speaking on a national
television programme, Sunrise,
said the people of the state did not want the continuation of the project.
Wike
explained that in spite of his administration’s commitment to the completion
of the projects abandoned by the Rotimi Amaechi administration, the
monorail would not be one of such projects.
He
said, “Rivers people have told me not to touch the monorail project left behind
by the other government.”
Wike
said his administration had taken measures to improve the security of the
state through funding of security interventions and provision of logistics for
security agencies.
The
governor lamented that the state had been affected by the regular
transfer of security chiefs from the state, blaming Amaechi for the
development.
He
said, “I won’t make a promise that I will not fulfill I don’t politicise
development. My interest is to deliver the best for Rivers people.
“In
spite of distractions, we have succeeded in completing many projects abandoned
by the previous government. We also have cleared the backlog of unpaid salaries
and pensions left by the previous government.
“We
have succeeded in restoring the judiciary and reopening courts shut down by the
previous government. The Federal Government needs to allow security chiefs
remain in Rivers State to do their jobs and ease tensions.
“I
have had over three Commissioners of Police removed since I became governor,”
Wike, who lamented the death of a corps member in the state recently, added.
Reacting
to the position of Wike on the monorail project, the immediate-past state
Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Tolofari George, said, “The monorail is a
laudable project that should be continued because it is a catalyst to
jump-start our local economy and place Rivers State at the forefront of
transport infrastructural development.
“The
vision is to take the monorail up to the airport in future traversing the city.
A lot of River’s taxpayers’ monies have been sunk into that project that it should
not be allowed to die. But Wike has chosen to play politics with that project
and it is most unfortunate.”
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