Govs’ Forum Represents The Masses –Amaechi

Rivers State Governor, Rt Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said the Nigeria Governors Forum represents the interest of the masses.

The governor stated this last Saturday in Port Harcourt at a stakeholders meeting held as part of the National Good Governance Tour of Rivers.

According to him, actions taken by the forum are in the interest of the Nigerian masses.

“The governors are people-oriented. The governors defend the interest of the masses and will continue to stand by the people.

“No matter how much they (detractors) sponsor articles in the newspapers we do not listen.

“We can only listen if these things are coming from the people. The moment we hear the people’s voice, the governors will listen,” he said.

Amaechi said a peer review mechanism had been set up by the forum.

“We are going to Anambra and Ekiti very soon because they are ready and we have a committee chaired by Justice Mohammed Uwais that will first do all the necessary work before the governors will go there.

“There are governors who do not receive as much as we receive. There are governors who do not receive enough to pay salaries,” he said.

The governor said his administration had built schools and hospitals in various communities in the state.

He said one of the hospitals, the Kelsey Harrison Specialist Hospital for Mother and Children is free for Rivers people and Nigerians resident in the state.

Amaechi urged the Minister of Information to persuade the Federal Government to refund the money the state spent on constructing some federal roads in the state.

He also said that security had been restored in the state, and urged investors to come to the state as government would assist them to settle down.