PDP has Failed Us, Fubara Laments

Protest: Fubara Sends Strict Warning to Thugs Plotting Anarchy

Eko Hot Blog reports that Governor Siminialayi Fubara of Rivers State expressed his disappointment with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), stating that the party has failed the people amidst the ongoing political crisis.

He emphasized that the state is now prioritizing truth over party politics.

Speaking at the Government House in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, during a visit from the Senate Committee on Privatisation and Commercialization led by Chairman Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, Fubara highlighted the state’s shift away from party loyalty.

“In our State today we are no longer doing party. We are doing a movement, so you don’t blame me if I don’t go to the side of the party too much,” Fubara said. “The party has failed us here, so what we are doing here is to stand with our two legs on the soil of Rivers State, so that we can defend democracy.”

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Fubara urged the committee to consider the interests of Rivers State in their recommendations for the privatisation and commercialisation of public companies.

He stressed the importance of the state having a stake in such companies to ensure their protection and viability.

“I will also appeal to you that in this process of privatisation, anything that has to do with our own State here that needs to be privatised, the Rivers State Government will be interested,” he said.

“Because you can’t come here and own our property when we have the resources to have shares or to acquire some portion of it,” he added.

He continued, “So, as a committee, if there is anywhere you can support us; if there is anyone that is still available, let us know, and let us get the details so that we can own it.

It is only when we own it that those assets can be protected. It is only when we own it, that is when those assets become viable to the State, and also become viable to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

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