We Need A New Nigeria -Amaechi

Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has advocated for positive change that will introduce a new Nigeria.
He spoke during a church programme at the Glorious Covenant Ministry, Iwofe in the state capital, Port Harcourt, yesterday.
Amaechi, echoing a prophecy for a new Nigeria by an elder of the church, Elder Gomba Osarollor, stated that things would need to be done differently across Nigeria to get new results of growth and development throughout the country.
“He (Elder Gomba Osarollor) prophesied a new Nigeria. What else do I need to say? We are saying that we need a new Nigeria. All of you who are computer literate, when you garbage in, you garbage out, the only way you can get a new result is to change what you are garbaging in. So, he has prophesied (a new Nigeria) and unto man the word of God must remain real”, he said.
On ongoing construction work on Iwofe Road, Amaechi assured that, at least, one side of the dual carriageway would be completed towards the end of the year.
“I want to make the prophecy of the pastor come true. So, now that you have agreed to shift the church backwards, by God’s grace, I assure you that you will get, at least, one lane (of the Iwofe road). That one lane is to carry two cars, it’s dual carriageway, two on the other side, two on this side, so let them complete this side first so that two cars can freely drive on this side while we are waiting for the rain to complete the other side.
“So, we need your assistance, support, and prayers, and then we will deliver on our own side so that we come back here in 2015 and say that the prophecy of the man came to pass”.
He appealed to the church to speak against election rigging and corruption among public office holders.
“I will plead with the leaders of the church that the pulpit is not a place for politics but don’t forget too that if the church completely divorces itself from the leadership of society, then the country will crumble. So, while we will not play politics in the church, the priest must stand here and speak on behalf of God and ask whether our leaders, including me, are performing or not.
“If the priest stands here and a councillor or a member of your church wins councillorship election by rigging and the priest welcomes him, the priest has committed sin, I’m not God to judge but the priest has committed sin.
“If the priest watches the man till six months, he comes here with a brand new car that he has come to do thanksgiving to Christ and he will be singing ‘It shall be permanent, what the Lord has done for me, it shall be permanent,’ all of you will be singing with him and come and dance here and the priest takes that car, what has he done, he has committed sin. There are people dying every day from our stealing”, Amaechi said.
He reiterated that God shamed his opponents and made him governor of Rivers State, adding that he has kept his promise to remain faithful to God throughout his tenure as governor.
“My governorship is not by man. If you have God, you have everything, and it is extremely wonderful to have God, and nothing will take me away from God”.
He noted that he has built 500 model primary schools with modern facilities in all the 23 local government areas of the state, saying that 300 of these schools are ready for commissioning.
On health, Amaechi said he has constructed 140 primary healthcare centres and employed 400 medical doctors to add up to the 200 doctors available in the state when he became governor.
He also reassured that he would not only finish the Iwofe Road project, but would continue to provide more democratic dividends to the people of the state.

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