The Governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike has revealed that he is now ready to empower those who worked with him during his administration as his tenure comes to an end.
Wike stated this at the inauguration of the Oro-Abali Flyover, at the Kaduna Street Junction along the Port Harcourt -Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt, yesterday, according to a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri.
He said that while in power his government put the need of the state over others and have taken it upon themselves to deliver in respect of projects, security and promotion of peaceful coexistence within the State.
The governor maintained that since he has done a good job for the state that it was now time to empower people.
According to him: “Now that we have done virtually everything we have promised Rivers people, this is the time now we have to play politics of stomach infrastructure.
“What people do not understand; people think when you are in government, from first day, you should be sharing money. I said, I won’t do that.
“I have to work for the people of the State. Now that we have worked, the remaining period will be to feed your stomach.
“There is time for everything. Now, the time has come. We have to start to empower our people. The empowerment is for those who have been patient.
“So, every local government, every community will have a pattern of how we are to empower our people.
“As a government, when there is unemployment, some people bring out what they called welfare scheme to be able to cushion the level of poverty in the society. That is what we are going to apply here.”
