Rivers Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has stated that he would not surrender his mandate and the progress of the state to the acts of intimidation, blackmail and deliberate sabotage against him.
Fubara also tasked Nigerians to have faith in the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the federal level, asserting that President Tinubu has shown determination to pull the nation out of the prevailing economic nightmare.
The governor who spoke while declaring open the 115th and 116th combined Quarterly General Meeting of Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt, yesterday, hinted that his administration was being sabotaged.
He emphasized that no level of sabotage deliberately staged in some quarters against his administration would force him to abandon the mandate given to him to serve, adding he would maintain the push for the equitable development of the state.
Fubara, who noted that it was a trying time for the state, reaffirmed his unalloyed commitment to serve with humility, sincerity of purpose and accountability.
He said: “Although these are trying times, let us not forget that Rivers State is our collective inheritance, presently under my watch, to protect, defend and advance it as the Governor.
“I assure you that I will not fail in this responsibility nor will I surrender our mandate and progress to intimidation, blackmail and deliberate sabotage. I reaffirm my earlier statement and recommit myself to the path of peace as there is nothing to gain in a State of needless crisis.”
Fubara noted that measures would be taken to strengthen education, healthcare and social services across the State, adding that the state’s 2024 appropriation bill would prioritize and provide sufficient funding to create universal access to affordable and quality education and healthcare services in the state.
“We will also take deliberate steps to unlock the entrepreneurial spirit among our teeming unemployed youths through viable initiatives on skills development, entrepreneurship training and targeted investments in commercial agriculture,” he said.
