The governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, has declared that he is not afraid of anything or anyone, and he has documentation proving that all of his actions have been approved.
The governor declared that he is not manipulating anything; all of his actions are outlined in a white paper.
Fubara pledged that his administration would keep implementing programs that directly benefit the populace and provide them with the means to live better lives.
The governor declared that the completion of the Egbeda Internal Roads Project has satisfied the community’s needs by bringing happiness and resolving the area’s ongoing flooding issues.
At the Egbeda Community Secondary School field, where the Egbeda Internal Roads project was inaugurated on Tuesday in the Emohua Local Government Area, he provided the assurance.
He said that the benefits of democracy, such as projects and the provision of social services, were what his administration owed the people, acknowledging their support before, during, and after the elections.
He said, “One thing is awarding a job, another is delivering in record time. I want to thank the contractor for standing by his words.
“Let me also thank the great people of Egbeda, and by extension, the Emohua Local Government Area for your support before, during and after the elections. You have shown so much support.
“And for us, what do we owe you? We owe you the dividends of democracy. And what are the dividends of democracy? Service to our people!”
Fubara further said, “There is nothing wrong in rebuilding a road, there is nothing wrong in promising to develop an area. But what is important is when you want to do those things, do them to the satisfaction of the people.
“And what we have done here in Egbeda today is not just building the internal roads, but meeting your needs, solving your flood problem, that is what we have done.
“So, I want to also thank you for your support, because you cooperated with the contractor, that is why he delivered in record time.”
Reiterating that his administration began making decisions and addressing governance in February 2024, Ubara stated that the projects the public is seeing are the result of four months of work.
He said, “We are just starting but I assure you more attention. If in four months, we can do this, and we are getting this level of applause, you can imagine what will happen when we do one year of our record time and two years of our own record time, Rivers State will have experienced something different from the regular governance.
“I know why I said four months. We started full governance in February 2024. That was when we started making decisions when we started confronting governance. And I am proud to say that our people are happy with what we have done.
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“What we want to do is to bring governance to our people, service delivery at record time, and in a cost-effective way.
“Everything that we are doing is in my white paper. I carry it along, so, there is no issue of any manipulation. Call me any day, anytime, it is there. Even the ones I did before this time, I still have all the records.
“If you call me any day, I will bring the records of all my activities in government, because I know that as a civil servant, what is most important is record keeping; so that if you are not there, and something happens, it is just for somebody to pick up the file and he will see the history.
“That is how I am trained, and I have that in my mind before I do anything. So, I am not scared of anything. Anybody who calls me any day, anytime, I have my records to show. I have all the approvals to show that I acted based on approval and not personal decision,” he said.
Fubara promised to upgrade the community secondary school without adding boarding facilities in response to the community of Egbeda’s request for an extension of work on the road from Egbeda to Omerelu.
At the project’s inauguration, Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori stated that he drove alongside Governor Fubara to get to the event site and could vouch for his brother’s dedication to continuing the state’s infrastructure development.
He said, “This road project at Egbeda bears true testimony of the commitment of the Rivers State Government towards fulfilling its promise of sustainable infrastructure development of the State.
“It is reassuring that these all-season roads will economically empower, not only the people of Egbeda but the entire Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State.
“With these roads, the people will enjoy better socio-economic empowerment and integration between the local government and the rest of the state.”
Describing the project, Permanent Secretary, Rivers State Ministry of Works, Atemea Briggs, said the construction of the Egbeda Internal Roads project was delivered within schedule and fully paid for.
He explained that the internal roads were initially awarded by the immediate past administration on March 9, 2023, to Monier Construction Company Nigeria Limited (MCC) at a cost of N3.87bn.
“Later on November 27, 2023, the contract was reversed to include additional roads to better serve the Egbeda community. As a result, the reverse contract sum was increased to N12bn.
“Before our Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara took office on May 29, 2023, only N1.5billion of the contract sum had been paid by the previous administration,” he said.
According to Engineer Briggs, the roads involved increasing the overall drainage length to 25.4 kilometers and the number of lanes from 9.32 kilometers to 21.5 kilometers.
Senator John Azuta Mbata, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Monier Construction Company, thanked the governor for granting them the privilege of managing the project.
