INEC is destroying the foundation of democracy ---Gov Wike
From Right : Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and Former
Rivers State Governor, Dr Peter Odili during a thanksgiving mass to mark the
one year anniversary of Governor Wike at the Catholic Institute of West Africa,
CIWA, in Port Harcourt on Sunday.
(Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom Wike has declared
that the state is not celebrating democracy
day because the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, has destroyed the foundation of
democracy by plotting to allocate legislative seats in the state.
The governor also declared
that his administration will deliver
more pro-people projects and
programmes in his second year in office.
Speaking during a thanksgiving mass to mark the first year anniversary of his administration at the
Our Lady of Holy Rosary of the Catholic Institute of West Africa, CIWA, in Port Harcourt on Sunday, Governor Wike said that INEC
has perfected plans to allocate legislative seats in Rivers State instead of conducting
the inconclusive rerun
elections in the State.
He said: "We will not celebrate democracy because INEC
wants to determine who will represent
Rivers State. After two months of
cancellation of elections, so that it can allocate some seats to APC and others to PDP. Is that democracy?
"We beg INEC to
hasten to conduct elections in
the remaining seats. We want our representatives in the Senate, we want our representatives in the House of Representatives. We are not saying that INEC
should allocate seats to us. We don't want allocation, we want voting.
"We will not
accept allocation of seats. We will
only accept elections for the
remaining seats."
On his first year in office,
Governor Wike said despite the challenges faced by his administration, he performed
creditably , ensuring that
that the people enjoyed the dividends
of democracy.
He said that the successes already recorded will be
surpassed in his second year
in office.
"This is one year, you have not seen anything as far as development is concerned.
In our second year, more development
will be witnessed across the state," he said.
He informed that the
administration has taken measures
to save funds through
biometrics to determine the true number of civil servants in the employment of the state government.
He said that the state government has already
paid the April salaries of the 13000 civil servants who have
completed their biometrics.
According to the
governor, only civil servants
who have done their biometrics
will henceforth receive their salaries.
He added that all
54000 civil servants must physically present themselves for biometrics before they are considered to
be employees of the Rivers State
Government.
On security, Governor
Wike said that he has provided the needed logistics for Security
Agencies to improve security
across the state. He noted that he has received assurances
that in the coming months, security
will improve.
He noted that nobody is above the law in the state pointing
out that anybody that commits a crime
will be diligently prosecuted.
The church service
had in attendance leaders of the
state.
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