Fubara Moves To Restore Dignity Of Rivers Assembly Quarters

…Says, new speaker has emerged

Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has said that his visit to the official residential quarters of members of the State House of Assembly was to undertake an on-the-spot assessment of condition of the structures for a possible rehabilitation work to restore its status and make it livable.

Governor Fubara, who stated this after he inspected the 15.24 kilometers long Emohua-Abalama-Tema Junction dual carriageway road project on Thursday, said that there might be a few things he might want to do there for the good of the people.

Fubara, who took a walk round the facility, said that he decided to visit the place to get better appreciation of what needs to be done to make the quarters conducive for lawmakers.

The Governor said; “You are aware of the developments. We have a new speaker, and I went there to see for myself how things are.

“Is the Assembly quarters not part of my property? Is there anything wrong in going to check how things are going on there?”

Commenting on the road project, Fubara said he was assessing the extent of job that had been done to know what else was needed in preparing the road for commissioning during his one year anniversary.

He said; “As a matter of fact, we added this section of the road as one of the projects we will be commissioning. So, I needed to see it myself, and what is remaining is just the lighting. By the grace of God, we will commission it”.

Fubara said the road project was inherited from the immediate past administration but a greater chunk of the cost was borne by his administration.

According to him; “We feel justified to add it as our project and to commission it for the good of our people here. Governance is all about the people. When the people are out of the centre of governance, then it is no longer governance.

“So, this road, as we all now know, was in a very bad state. A lot of criminal activities were being carried out here, kidnapping and all sorts of things. So, putting this road in order is appropriate.

“You can see the little man hour we spent coming here. Before, it takes you 30 to 45 minutes to drive from Emohua to this place. But look at it, less than 15 minutes we are here.

“So, it is about the people, for the good of the people, making life easy for the people. That is the way I see governance. Anything outside that has nothing to do with me.

“It is not about me. It is not about glory to me as a person. I am just a vessel that God is using to provide succour to the good people of Rivers State, and more especially, our dear people of Kalabari extraction,” he said.