Why Rivers Govt barrs Wike from using Port-Harcourt stadium

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Rivers State government has given reasons why Nyesom Wike is not allowed into Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt.

Inauguration of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, event linked to Wike, is supposed to take place in the stadium. But he didn’t follow procedures to apply to use he venue for the event.

According to the State Commissioner for Sports, Christopher Green who doubles as the Attorney-General, his ministry didn’t receive any official request from the pro-Tinubu group to use the stadium. Wike and his cohorts are trying to pitch Governor Simi Fubara against President Bola Tinubu, Green said.

• Why Rivers Govt barrs Wike from using Port-Harcourt stadium

Had Wike followed due process, he would have known earlier that the stadium is under serious reconstruction, according to the state government.

The FCT minister and leaders of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors have separately accused Fubara’s administration of deliberately denying them access to the stadium.

This led the state government to lead media tour and inspected the reconstruction. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Dr. Honour Sirawoo, told the press after the tour that Wike’s accusation “lacks basis” and are “misleading”.

Since Fubara was reinstated after six-month suspension in the controversial presidential emergency rule declaration, Wike has found himself in a tightrope. As part of the package to return him to power, Fubara had joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

It seems President Tinubu would trust the oil-rich state governor more than Wike as he seeks to return to presidency in 2027. After all, Fubara needs a second-term like the president himself. Is Wike’s relevance finally coming to some ignoble end?

Why Rivers Govt barrs Wike from using Port-Harcourt stadium

Rivers State government has given reasons why Nyesom Wike is not allowed into Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Port Harcourt.

Inauguration of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors, event linked to Wike, is supposed to take place in the stadium. But he didn’t follow procedures to apply to use he venue for the event, State officials said.

The Commissioner for Sports, Christopher Green, who doubles as the Attorney-General of the state, told the press that his ministry didn’t receive any official request from the pro-Tinubu group to use the stadium. Wike and his followers are trying to pitch Governor Simi Fubara against President Bola Tinubu, according to Green.

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Had Wike followed due process, he would have known earlier that the stadium is under serious reconstruction, Green said.

The FCT minister and leaders of the Renewed Hope Ambassadors have separately accused Fubara’ administration of deliberately denying them access to the stadium.

This led the state government to lead media tour to inspect the reconstruction. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Dr. Honour Sirawoo, told the press after the tour that Wike’s accusation “lacks basis” and are “misleading”.

Since Fubara was reinstated after six-month suspension in the controversial presidential emergency rule declaration, Wike has found himself in a tightrope. As part of the package to return him to power, Fubara had joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

It seems President Tinubu would trust the oil-rich state governor more than Wike as he seeks to return to presidency in 2027. After all, Fubara needs a second-term like the president himself. Is Wike’s relevance finally coming to some ignoble end?

Why Enugu South LGA is after me over Akwuke comment

I don’t give a damn what they think of me so long I’m saying the truth; the truth that they themselves know; the truth that every other persons living in Akwuke can see; the truth that anyone living outside Akwuke can verify.

Akwuke is suffering hard, and for a long time – under deliberate government neglect. Ironically, this land is enriched with tones of natural resources. Few weeks ago, another mineral, gold, was discovered there. That will add to sharp sands, spring water and so many other untapped resources living under their soil.

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In Hon Caleb Ani, the Enugu South council chairman’s administration’s reply to my honest report, I was called names and portrayed as an illegitimate “outsider” without right in my own state.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Jude Ogbonna is from Oduma in Aninri local government area, not Akwuke. He does not represent the people, leadership, or collective interests of Akwuke. His intervention is therefore … external intrusion…”, the administration said in a statement.

Yes, I may not be an indigene of Akwuke but I like her. I like the natives; I like the people living there; I like to see them prosper. The claim by Enugu South Media that I don’t have a stake in the land only shows its shallow appreciation of what citizenry truly encompasses. And I earnestly sympathize with Hon Caleb for funding stupid media team with taxpayers money.

In their madness, the media handlers listed litany of what Caleb administration have done in and for Akwuke. Those are litany of falsehood!

Make calls to confirm if you’re living outside Akwuke. We’ve been living in darkness for over five years. But the small-time propagandists under Caleb is telling us that we have electricity.

Yes, he gave Akwuke a transformer. Yet, for more than a year after it was given there is still no power supply. What is the use of an empty transformer? What stops Caleb from fixing whatever challenges that particular transformer is facing – for more than a year!

Also, two major roads in Akwuke are deathtraps. Akwuke Keke Union (AKU) can attest to the everyday pains, hardships, wastes it’s members face on the roads. The union tried several times in the past to get the government attention. But all the time, successive administrations in Enugu South so frustrated the Keke drivers that they resort to pooling their hard-earned resources to make the road occasionally even while paying heavy taxes to the council everyday.

So where is the evidence of government presence in Akwuke that the media idiots are talking about?

They equally said that I’m being sponsored and that I’m attacking Caleb-led administration. For one thing I’m a card-carrying member of APC, the same political party with the chairman. So I can’t possibly want him to fail. And I’m not being sponsored. Jude Ogbonna is a UNIZIK-trained blogger and activist. I don’t work for any special interest; my duty is to serve my moral, humanity and God.

The timing may be critical but it’s inconsequential to my reports. I’m not campaigning for anything or for anyone. What I want to do is to remind Enugu South Chairman that there is near-zero impact of his administration in Akwuke. And it’s wrong to treat a people like that.

However, supposing that the government still want to continue to trample on the good people in Akwuke, he could continue. But is it also fair for the government to lie against the community as the Caleb’s propaganda machine just did on Facebook?

HERE IS THE LINK TO ENUGU SOUTH COUNCIL REPLY TO AKWUKE