Amaechi’s LG Tours Elicit Mixed Reactions

Mixed reactions have
continued to trail the ongoing tour of local government areas in Rivers State by Governor Chibuike Amaechi.
While the opposition party in the state, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described the tour as ill-conceived, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), welcomed the tour as a continuation of the governor’s Town Hall meeting with the people..
The PDP, through the Special Assistant to the Chairman, Mr Jerry Needam, condemned Governor Amaechi’s last minute tour of the 23 local government areas of the state, saying, such programme was driven by ill- conceived motive and attempt to intimidate and influence the electorate ahead of the 2015 elections.
The PDP in the statement said its criticism of the ongoing meeting between the governor and the people was a grand plan and action by the APC leadership in the state to publicise the party and  recruit political thugs and electoral mercenaries in the various LGAs.
But, the State  Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Chris Finebone described the PDP’s statement as unfortunate and illogical.
According to him, the leadership of the PDP in the State was either suffering from deficit of logical reasoning or clearly bereft of any iota of sincerity.
He stated that the visit of the governor to the various local government areas in the State was to appraise the government’s various projects and to get feedbacks from the electorate.
Also, the Publicity Secretary,  Port Harcourt Chapter of the APC, Mr. Loveday Chukwu, said he saw nothing wrong in the tour, stressing that the  governor has the constitutional powers to visit the areas under his jurisdictions.
He urged the people to disregard the PDP’s comments, saying,  previous attempts by the party to deceive the people and destroy democracy had failed..
Chukwu, a former councillor in the Port Harcourt City Council, wondered why the PDP has not seen anything good in the present administration, saying,  the party was obviously afraid of APC’s outstanding performance in the State.