The RIVERS State Government may have abandoned
the multi-billion naira monorail project embarked upon by the immediate-past
administration.
Governor Nyesom Wike, who gave this hint on
Monday while speaking on a national television programme, Sunrise,
said the people of the state did not want the continuation of the project.
Wike explained that in spite of his
administration’s commitment to the completion of the projects abandoned by the
Rotimi Amaechi administration, the monorail would not be one of such
projects.
He said, “Rivers people have told me not to touch
the monorail project left behind by the other government.”
Wike said his administration
had taken measures to improve the security of the state through funding of
security interventions and provision of logistics for security agencies.
The governor lamented that the state had been
affected by the regular transfer of security chiefs from the state,
blaming Amaechi for the development.
He said, “I won’t make a promise that I will not
fulfill I don’t politicise development. My interest is to deliver the best for
Rivers people.
“In spite of distractions, we have succeeded in
completing many projects abandoned by the previous government. We also have
cleared the backlog of unpaid salaries and pensions left by the previous
government.
“We have succeeded in restoring the judiciary and
reopening courts shut down by the previous government. The Federal Government
needs to allow security chiefs remain in Rivers State to do their jobs and
ease tensions.
“I have had over three Commissioners of Police
removed since I became governor,” Wike, who lamented the death of a corps
member in the state recently, added.
Reacting to the position of Wike on the monorail
project, the immediate-past state Commissioner for Transport, Mr. Tolofari
George, said, “The monorail is a laudable project that should be continued
because it is a catalyst to jump-start our local economy and place Rivers State
at the forefront of transport infrastructural development.
“The vision is to take the monorail up to the
airport in future traversing the city. A lot of River’s taxpayers’ monies have
been sunk into that project that it should not be allowed to die. But Wike has
chosen to play politics with that project and it is most unfortunate.”
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