Dakuku’s Criticism, Diversionary,
Self-Seeking - PDP
The
Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed Mr
Dakuku Peterside’s criticism of the move by the State House of Assembly to
repeal the State Reserve Fund Law No 2 of 2008 as mere noise making to
re-establish himself into public reckoning.
The
State PDP in a statement by its chairman, Bro Felix Obuah and signed by his
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam, said Mr Dakuku’s outburst
is unnecessary, positing that his criticism of the move to repeal the failed
law has further exposed his inexperience and unwillingness to learn the act of
governance from his superiors.
While
applauding the steps being taken by the State Lawmakers to redeem the State
from such visionless law, the State PDP chairman queried why the State
governor, Chief Barr Nyesom inherited an empty treasury on assumption of office
if the intendment of the law was to save for the future.
Bro
Obuah described as ironical that a fund that was intended to save for the
future could be met empty by the succeeding government, stressing that without
much argument the law backing such fund has automatically outlived its usefulness
and should be repealed outrightly.
Perhaps,
Mr Dakuku Peterside needs to be taught the simple elementary principle of
economics that governs saving for future use.
What
is the intent of hiding the bulk of federal allocations due the State on
monthly basis into such a fund when the State was lacking the basic needs of
life such as water, electricity, good roads besides poor management of public
schools and health institutions, as witnessed under the Rotimi Amaechi
administration if not criminal.
Teachers
and other civil servants were being owed backlog of salaries while Dakuku’s
personal friend, and ally, Rotimi Amaechi pretended to be saving money for the
future on behalf of the hungry, jobless and dying
Rivers people.
What
an errant nonsense, yet Mr. Dakuku Peterside as the then member of Amaechi’s
kitchen cabinet, and Commissioner in charge of Works and later, member of the
Federal House of Reps never raised cared.
More
surprisingly and shocking too, is why the like of Dakuku Peterside have
continued to pretend not to see the marvelous work and projects being executed
by Governor Nyesom Wike with the meagre resources at his disposal.
With
same meagre resources, the arrears of the civil servants salaries Dakuku and
his friend could not pay have been cleared, the roads that were not passable
throughout the eight wasted years they held Rivers people down are now as
though designed and placed on Rivers lands case.
What
Dakuku thought was only possible in Western countries that informed his regular
overseas trips he can now enjoy locally yet he has refused to say thank you to
the State Chief Executive, Chief Barr. Nyesom Wike who has hugely demonstrated
that he (Dakuku) is never and can never be his equal naturally. Rather than
join fellow Rivers people who are daily thanking God for such a ‘talk-and-do’
governor, Dakuku is busy beating the air and fanning the embers of disunity
through spurious activities and sponsorship of unnecessary protests against the
quality leadership and good governance Gov Wike is giving to Rivers people.
While
advising Mr. Dakuku Peterside as we have always done to begin to grow up and
find a way to launder his battered image by not infecting NIMASA for which he
has been undeservedly appointed its Director-General, we make bold to say that
any government especially people-oriented ones have the right to initiate
programmes and policies including repealing obnoxious and fraudulent laws in
order to make life better for the citizenry and move the State forward.
It’s
on this note that we conclude that Mr. Dakuku’s criticisms about the Bill
seeking to repeal the Rivers State Reserve Fund Law No 2 of 2008 is rather
diversionary and senseless and one, among his many actions and utterances aimed
at instigating crisis in the State but thank God he has failed before he
started.
Signed:
Jerry
Needam
Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity to
Bro.
Felix Obuah, PDP Chairman, Rivers State.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017.
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