Amaechi To Nwuche and others: Prove that I have stolen and I will Expose you
Governor Chibike Amaechi of Rivers State has described his critics as lazy people who have failed in their careers, and are looking
for means to get into the government house, with the primary aim of looting the state treasury. He has also challenged those accusing him of stealing the money of the State to come out and tell how much he has stolen and he will in return expose them how much they have also stolen the state dry.
The Governor’s remark came during his address at the opening ceremony of the Port Harcourt Book Festival.
“There is a political crisis in Rivers State. What is the political crisis about: people who have retired from politics and those that are about to retire, they have failed. They are saying, if we don’t grab power hunger will set-in. And I said, you are all graduates with degrees. If you don’t have a chamber to practice your law, tell us to open one for you so you can win cases for Rivers State.
In the course of his speech Amaechi charged the former Deputy Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Chibudum Nwuche to stop playing politics of calumny.
“Chibudum Nwuche is a lawyer. Why is he not practicing law and tell us what case he has won? Chibudum Nwuche is from a rich background; go and build on your father’s wealth”, he said.
Governor Amaechi further said he would soon open up on all the events that led to the political crises in the state, campaigned against political godfatherism.
“Rivers people need to rise and say to ourselves, no more god-fatherism. Let the Governor rule and make his decisions. Instead, you have had people who have served as Deputy Speakers, those who have served in one office or the other but they have refused to go.
“I will tell them how much they have stolen and let them show me the one I have stolen; we will start it from there”.
Also at the event was the former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili who advised writers not to relent in their creative contributions to the economy. She said there was an interesting linkage between literature and the economy, especially in developing economies like Nigeria.
She identified literature as a basic medium of communicating major economic metrics in the global economy, stressing that economic theories and concepts could only get across to the global stand through literature.
Her keynote address was on the theme: “Literature and the Economy”, said Nigeria’s dependence on oil and gas had left the country’s economy underdeveloped.
