Why I Dumped PDP – Amaechi Opens Up

The Rivers State Governor, Chubuike Amaechi, on Wednesday outlined the reasons that informed his defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying the state was not getting a fair deal from the Goodluck Jonathan-led federal administration.

In a statement he personally signed and titled “The nPDP APC Merger, My Constraints,” Mr. Amaechi said the demand by the state that the federal government should return oil wells belonging to it, but which were ceded to Bayelsa, Abia and Akwa Ibom States, had gone unheeded and had been treated with levity under this Peoples Democratic Party-led administration.

According to him, even after Rivers State got a court judgement that the oil wells wrongly ceded to Akwa Ibom should be returned, only the dry ones were returned to it.
The governor also said that there was absolutely no federal presence in Rivers State, stressing that the federal government refused to reimburse the state government the N103 billion it spent on fixing the federal roads despite several representations and letter sent to it (federal government).

Mr. Amaechi also alleged that apart from actively discouraging investments in Rivers State, the federal government treated the state with levity in the area of federal appointments.

He also claimed that internal party democracy had been sacrificed on the altar of personal greed and injustice as the Rivers State chapter of the PDP was being run by persons who neither collected forms nor indicated interest in running for office while the legitimate holders of the office are left in the cold.

Read his full statement addressed to Rivers residents below:

My dear people of Rivers State, when by God’s grace and with your kindness this administration took over the mantle of leadership on October 26, 2007, we made a promise to serve you “with humility and render transparent and accountable stewardship anchored on integrity and good governance.” We also promised to “use our God given resources to improve the quality of life of our present and future generations.”
We made this commitment to you, fully conscious of the fact that you were hungry for service delivery and that you had placed on us a burden to prove to the world that our beloved Rivers State had the potential to rise above the murk and redefine governance and leadership in our country. We understood your mandate very clearly and we remain resolute in our determination to make you proud.
In keeping with our pledge therefore to render transparent and accountable stewardship, it has become necessary that we brief you about the recent happenings in our state and my own position on the issues. Read more
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