The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Area of Rivers State, Dr. Enyiada Cookey-Gam, has said that Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, is using the state resources and funds to aggressively develop the state, especially the rural communities that have been neglected in the past 25 years.
Reacting to alleged use of state funds in the recruitment of hoodlums to foment crisis in the state by Governor Fubara, Dr Cookey-Gam described the insinuations as untrue, baseless and the figment of the imagination of mischief makers.
Dr CookeyGam said the truth is that Governor Fubara had neither misused nor deployed state funds and resources on meaningless jamboree, rather his predecessor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, indiscriminately gave out state resources and funds in his quest to secure the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections.
“Nyesom Wike was the one that had misused our resources to support other states and deadly activities while Rivers people were dying of hunger, hardship, poverty and disease. It is on record that for the past eight years, Rivers State Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) was about #12 billion, but today, the amount has drastically changed from #12 billion to over #28 billion, meaning that the dispensation rough-handled our resources and funds to stupor.
“As far as we are concerned, the people’s Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara remains the political hero and leader of Rivers State.
“We need Godly leaders like Siminalayi Fubara who stands by his words in the morning, afternoon and night.God brought him to clean the development and political mess of the Nyesom Wike-led administration in the last eight years of dictatorial governance.”
Dr CookeyGam, a grassroots mobilizer and political gladiator in the LGA, has called on the Governor’s detractors, such as the factional leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha and his Abuja paymasters, to desist forthwith from negative and unfounded allegations against the Governor.
He warned APC leader to concentrate on his assignment as the Rivers State representative on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), where he is expected to attract viable people – oriented development projects and programmes.
“Since Tony Okocha became member on the board of the NDDC, he has not been able to attract tangible development projects and programmes to the state, talk less of scholarships, grants, and other empowerment largesse to both the students and youths.
“Hence, he is expected to shun the temptation of inviting the wrath of God and the people, as further clueless, senseless and immature insults to the office of the Governor will be resisted.
“Enough is enough of such irrelevant, irresponsible and unjustifiable rascality when all Rivers people are expected to join forces to work with the the present government to move the state forward developmentally.
Tony Okocha and his Abuja connections are busy misleading their followers on make- believe destructive polity that would do nobody any good”, the council chairman said.

Bethel Toby