2015:Amaechi Assures On Choice Of Successor

Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has assured Rivers people that he will not impose any body of his choice to succeed him as the next governor of the state come 2015.

Ameachi, who stated this, last Friday, during an interactive session with journalists at Government House, Port Harcourt, said the decision on who becomes the next governor after me would be a collective choice.

“I will not impose anybody of my choice on Rivers people in 2015. The people will choose who will lead them when the time comes,” the governor declared.

He explained that his concern now remains to satisfy himself and his conscience that he has done well to bequeath a legacy for the people and not to anoint who takes over from him.

According to the state chief  executive, some of the policies and programmes enunciated by his government had in-built sustainability mechanisms that would make them outlive the present administration, but “if the next government comes and decides otherwise, it would be on record.”

The governor noted that the proposed law on school inspection and monitoring was to strengthen the standard of education, given the quality of infrastructure being provided in the new schools constructed by the state government.

Governor Amaechi also stated that the decision to out-source the management of the model secondary schools and the new secondary health institutions were geared towards effective service delivery.

He hinted that developers had encroached on Government Comprehensive College land and that of Government Technical College Port Harcourt, stressing that the State Executive Council had approved the demolition of structures on school, land.

On progress in the education sector, the governor said 200 new primary schools had been completed, furnished and functional throughout the state, while seven new model secondary schools would be ready for commissioning by President Goodluck Jonathan in September.

The new secondary schools, one in each local government area, to be commissioned are those in Eleme,  Tai,  Omuma, Etche, Buguma and Emohua local govt areas.