Fubara’ll improve infrastructure, governance in Rivers, says group

Rivers coordinator of Obidient SIMplified, Ken Agala, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the state, Siminalayi ‘Sim’ Fubara, would continue Governor Nyesom Wike’s infrastructure development, by providing necessary governance structure to manage existing projects.

In a statement, yesterday, he said: “If you look at his background as a governance expert over the years, you will begin to understand the strategy of the present governor in supporting a candidate, who isn’t a career politician.

I think Wike must have reasoned that politicians often times focus more on infrastructure than the enabling governance structures to maintain and run them, and this must have led him to chose Fubara, who is a financial management expert, with a background in the civil service since the Odili years.

“With all humility, some of us, who have criticised Wike in the past, were dazed by the massive steps he took at building massive infrastructure across the state. As I speak to you right now, Port Harcourt that used to be a flood nightmare now has one of the best drainage systems in the country.

From old GRA to the new GRA, D/Line, Diobu, Trans Amadi, Woji, Rumuigbo and almost every part of the city, nearly all the major roads are built and paved with good drainage systems.”

He observed that the flag-bearer is fit to take over a state that has made much strides in infrastructure.

Agala noted: “When we complained about multiple taxation in the state, we were impressed that the governor responded with harmonisation of taxes.”

On what to expect from the incoming administration, the coordinator said it was a continuation of “infrastructure with a look at human capital development through improvement on microfinance banks, agriculture, primary healthcare and primary schools.”