Rivers Crisis: PDP chieftain slams Fubara for criticising Wike’s project

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and former Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers, Chukwuemeka Woke, has slammed Governor Siminalayi Fubara over his recent comment about projects in the state.

The Governor had recently, at the launch of projects in Ahoada and Etche, mocked some projects constructed by his predecessors, however, the comments riled up the PDP chieftain.

Woke, who is also the Director General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency, NOSDRA, slammed Governor Fubara for tagging a road constructed in Omuma Local Government Area, as a “Farm Road that leads to nowhere.”

In a statement he signed and made available to reporters on Friday, Woke said the Governor’s remarks were troubling.

“How can you belittle essential infrastructure that connects farmers to markets, while simultaneously promising new contracts for road projects to aid transportation? This is hypocrisy draped in ignorance,” he said.

DAILY POST reports that Fubara had said he would not have inaugurated road projects in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the state if he were to be evil.

He added that politics is all about meeting the needs of people despite their loyalties or allegiances.

However, Woke said: “To ridicule Wike’s work, especially when it provides substantial benefits to the community, is not just factually incorrect but disingenuous.

“If anything, it shows a failure to acknowledge the foundations laid before you.

“To even give a thought of not executing any project in Wike’s community, if he were a bad person, speaks volumes of the governor’s insidious nature that should be worrisome to the public, particularly those who barely know him.

“We were all deceived by his pretentious disposition while he served as the Account General of the state, having been promoted above his contemporaries by Wike.”

He added, “It’s clear that maturity in leadership requires more than a title.”