Desperate to smear the Administration of Governor
Chibuike Amaechi and ridicule his years of hard work to transform Rivers State,
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state is set to broadcast an
anti-government documentary. The documentary meant to incite the people against
the government, is nothing but a photo-shopped line of 'uncompleted' projects
to be 'abandoned' by Gov. Amaechi. But the Rivers State Government has
condemned the documentary saying it is nothing but a bundle of lies meant to
discredit a season of Amaechi's hard work which has a global rating.
In a statement by Ibim Semenitari, Rivers state
Commissioner of Information and Communications, the reason behind the
documentary was identified as nothing other than to deny that the present
Administration completed projects in the state, even when the blind can see
them. “We suspect this documentary, a project in itself anti-government and
reactionary, is targeted at rubbishing the years of hard work Gov. Amaechi had
committed in the course of his stewardship. But in the face of this evil
endeavour is a scorecard of a Governor acknowledged worldwide as a workaholic.
Rivers people know their Governor and how he has constructed model secondary
schools, hospitals, kilometres of road, bridges, interchanges and other graded
projects. Rivers people know that Governor Amaechi had employed thousands of
their sons and daughters into the teacher system and the Civil Service long
before election time. They know also that their Governor had undertaken and
completed projects that have hugely, positively impacted on their lives. So,
any other photo or image that presents them with what they have not known these
years of Gov. Amaechi's service, then, is a lie. It should be ignored,
dismissed and rejected”.
The Honourable Commissioner gave the lead of how PDP
would procure the images it intends to air on major channels.
“PDP has been busy taking still photo and video shoot
of Rivers State Government projects, both ongoing and completed ones, after
which it will employ the services of an IT expert to use devices for photo,
video and graphic editing to distort the images and present them to the world
as “Amaechi's uncompleted projects in Rivers state”. As not to be caught in its own trap, the
masterminds have already discussed with a TV Channel to broadcast it on its network
service. Aware that Rivers people will puncture their tissue of lies, those
behind this unholy project will target external audience. No plot could be this
sinister!
The Information and Communications commissioner stated
that nowhere does an incumbent regime complete every project. “Even incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan
has ongoing projects which the incoming Administration of President-elect
Muhammadu Buhari, will inherit for completion. This leaves us to think that PDP
and its governorship candidate lack the basic understanding of how government
functions”.
Semenitari, who stated that the Administration remains
grateful to Rivers people for their wonderful co-operation, expressed regrets
that PDP had been telling nothing but lies over the years and had given no
indication it would change. “Rather than swallow its pride and acknowledge that
Gov. Amaechi is a statesman, PDP prefers to distort records. Its
soon-to-be-released documentary runs against good conscience and decorum, and
should be ignored. If it never supported Gov. Amaechi these years, we least
expect it would do so at this end of the Administration's journey, we however
leave our work to God, posterity and Rivers people to judge.
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