Fubara said his detractors were bent on distracting him from achieving set goals with unproductive fights.
By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that his administration and supporters will no longer expend their energy fighting with their detractors but rather, would work to set a higher standard of leadership to improve the quality of life and socio-economic status of the people.
Addressing Rivers people at the official kick off of the Okania-Ogbogoro Road project in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area on Friday, May 24, 2024, Fubara said his detractors were bent on distracting him from achieving set goals with unproductive fights.
The governor appealed: “I have only one request, that request is to ask you to continue to conduct yourselves peacefully in the face of all the assaults. They want us to miss our goal, they want to distract us.
“If we fight with them, we will be wasting our energy. So, what we need to do is to continue to do that thing which we have promised our people.
“Our style will be to set a standard that will be above them so that when they come, they will see what we are doing. Everybody will be seeing it that it is about the people, and they will say ‘but they are working for the people’. So, that will be our style of leadership.”
Speaking on the project, Fubara said that the Okania-Ogbogoro road project would not end at the stage of kick off but would be completed and inaugurated in the next five months.
He called on members of the benefitting communities and their leaders to give the contractor the necessary support to deliver the project within schedule.
“At the end of the day, the project belongs to you. It is a project that brings about a better and more conducive environment for you and your children.
“On the part of the contractor: support constituted authority. Dialogue with the leaders of this area so that your work will also go on smoothly.
“I know a lot of people are wondering why did we decided to think of this particular road now.
“We are already embarking on a very big project in this state, which is the Port Harcourt Ring Road, and a lot of our people are suffering because of the ongoing construction work on the Ring Road. There is pressure on the direct access areas used by the people,” he said.