Amaechi Cautions Wike On Monorail Project

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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been warned not to abandon the monorail project embarked on by the last administration of Rotimi Amaechi.

Amaechi, who is now the Minister of Transportation, disclosed in his response to his successor’s remarks that the project is already 90 per cent completed.

Wike had said in an interview that he will not continue the monorail project because the people of Rivers advised him not to.

But Amaechi stressed to Wike that the project does not belong to him (Amaechi), adding that the same Rivers people commended him (Amaechi) for embarking on it because of its economic importance.

“Governor Wike said that he will not touch Amaechi’s monorail and that the entire state has told him not to continue with the project. Can someone please tell Wike that the monorail belongs to Rivers State and it’s not Amaechi’s private monorail,” the Minister said.

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He further asked “Governor Wike, which Rivers people told you not to touch the monorail project? Is it the same Rivers people that have consistently praised the project and see it as a catalyst to jump-start the local economy and place the state at the forefront of transport infrastructural development in Africa? Or is Wike aggregating the jaundiced views of the coterie of court-jesters that hang around him daily, as the opinion of the entire people of the State?”

Amaechi said “It is sad, very sad that Wike has elected to play politics with this laudable project that was almost completed before Amaechi left office.”

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“Governor Wike also described several ongoing projects in the State when Amaechi left office as ‘abandoned projects’, which he claimed to have completed or about to complete.

“He specifically mentioned the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity road that connects the Island of Opobo to Andoni and the rest of the State. What a shameless lie! This project was ongoing and was almost completed as at May 29, 2015.

“May we also remind Wike that the Eagle Island- Diobu road that he once claimed to have been abandoned was 90 percent completed with just the final course of coal tar remaining as at when he succeeded Amaechi.

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“It’s repudiating that Wike would even attempt to rubbish and destroy the laudable projects and achievements Amaechi made in the health and educational sectors as governor.

“Shamefully, what has happened in the past months since Wike became governor is that Wike has neglected the model schools and health facilities built by Amaechi and have allowed them to rot away, taken over by weeds and grasses, in tandem with his policy of not wanting to touch Amaechi’s projects or build on Amaechi’s enduring legacies.

“Governor Wike, these projects belong to Rivers State and its people, not Amaechi,” he reiterated.

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  1. Minister Amaechi, why is it that all your prokects rivers state are almost completed, why don’t you complete them before leaving office? you started the monorail project since you entered office as governor in rivers state and you spent eight good years in office yet you fail to complete your projects, it is a shame and should be keeping your mouth short, for me, i suspected this your monorail project as a fraudulent project to defruad rivers people. Please ensure you complete all federal projects in your care before you leave office.

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