The statement credited to Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe,
accusing Rivers State governor, Rotimi
Amaechi of disrespecting President
Goodluck Jonathan in his comments on
the state of the East-West road, has
elicited a sharp rebuke from the
governor who has described the tenure
in office of the minister as an
embodiment of “ineptitude and
abysmal failure”
Amaechi’s response was contained in a
statement released yesterday by his
spokesman, David Iyofor. He said the
response was to “show clearly that the
minister’s game is just to divert
attention from his ineptitude and
abysmal failure.” The governor
reiterated his tremendous respect for
President Jonathan and his office and
slammed the minister for painting a
different picture.
“The office of the President of Nigeria is
a big institution that deserves utmost
respect and it would be grossly
irresponsible for anyone to disrespect
Mr. President, which unfortunately
Minister Orubebe is doing by dragging
the President’s name into his inability
to deliver on the East –West Road.
Minister Orubebe seems to suffer from
a severe form of selective amnesia as
he conveniently forgets that the same
Amaechi he (Orubebe) now
contemptuously, disgraciously and
insolently disparages and flippantly
accuses of not respecting Mr. President,
led Rivers people to overwhelming
vote for and gave President Jonathan
the highest votes by any state in the
country at the last Presidential
elections.
“Minister Orubebe should please tell us,
what respect, regard and show of love
is bigger than that? Minister Orubebe’s
imprudent and reckless attacks on the
person of Governor Amaechi is a
dubious but obvious attempt by the
minister to divert attention from his
abysmal failure to deliver on the East-
West road. This callous attempt to drag
the President’s name into it is what is
most disrespectful and irresponsible.”
While accusing the minister of
monumental failure in office, Amaechi
said: “I challenge Minister Orubebe to
show the world the projects he started
and completed in the Niger-Delta as
Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs. I
challenge Minister Orubebe to show
the world one project he started and
completed in Rivers State with the
huge resources allocated to his
ministry.”
“What an irony, for an appointed
minister who has failed woefully, who
has been unable to complete one single
road, to cast aspersions on an elected
governor who is judiciously using the
resources of his people to better their
lives and develop their state. What a
shame! This is indeed most ridiculous
and laughable. It’s no longer in doubt
that Minister Orubebe does not like
Rivers State.
“Minister Orubebe should please face
the simple task of completing one road,
just one road, the East-West road, as
this dubious diversionary attempt to
attack Governor Amaechi will not
complete the road that is most dear to
the hearts and lives of Niger-Deltans”,
the statement added.

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