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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has shocked Rivers people and Nigerians when he revealed that Songhai farm and the multimillion Naira Banana farm both in Tai local government area in Ogoniland established under the former Governor Chibuike Amaechi of the state were secretly owned by private individuals in collaboration with some Mexicans.
He said the collapse of the Banana farm was due to multiple litigations against the state government by members of the host communities who felt that their lands were forcefully acquired and were not properly consulted before its establishment.
He accused the Amaechi’s government of practicing “governance by text messages on phone. And embarked on so many unrealizable projects because he hoped that he would plant his chosen successor who he can manipulate to continue with those even though they are not viable.”
Wike explained that he is not bothered by the criticisms from the opposition who allege that he has not initiated new projects but completing the ones initiated by the previous administration because he believes that governance is a continuum and abandoning old projects would have littered the state with abandoned projects.
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He boasted that he is sure that if he decides to seek re-election Rivers people will vote for him overwhelmingly because within period of less than three years of his administration has no local government in state that has been left without signature projects.
