It took me time to develop your Mother’s village – Governor mocks his predecessor
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has again blasted his predecessor and former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, for not developing Egbeda, his mother’s village in Emohua Local Government Area during his time in power.
The Governor said this on Wednesday while flagging off the construction of Akpabu-Egbeda-Omoku Link Road.
Wike expressed regret that Amaechi could criticised him for embarking on road construction for the Egbeda community when he could not make such move during his eight years in power as a governor of the State.
Wike said: “You see, your Mother is from here. You didn’t deem fit or necessary to do anything for your maternal home. Now, that our Mother is not from here, are doing something to help your maternal home. You say it is unnecessary, it is a waste of resources.
“When you have a bad child, he is a bad child. If he is not a bad child, he should thank us for removing shame from his face. Since you don’t have Shame, I will add more things for your maternal home,” Wike said.
He further announced a separate contract for the reconstruction of the internal roads within Egbeda, directing the State Commissioner for Works to ensure that the contractor handing the road being flagged off stays back to attend to the internal roads.
He said: “If anybody likes, say what you want to say, that I am working for so and so person. It’s their business. Say I am not working for a so and so person, it’s their business. Some of them who do not have 25 votes are busy abusing leaders. When you are finished abusing leaders (us), you will pay.
“We are here talking to our people, they are there in radio stations and television houses. We are here talking to our people. When you are finished, by that time, it’ll be too late,”the governor added
