Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara says his administration is committed to liberating the people of the state from bad governance and oppression.
Fubara made the statement at a Thanksgiving rally organised by the SIMplified Movement at Ibaka in Okirika Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday, April 13, 2024.
The SIMplified Movement, a pro-Fubara group, organised the event to mark the governor’s successful election and victory at the Supreme Court.
Fubara who spoke through Awajinombek Abiante, the member representing, Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, said Rivers people had been oppressed for a long time
The governor said: ”A reggae artiste named Lucky Dube once sang about the imprisonment of the mind that song mirrors our pathetic situation in Rivers State today.
”Few days ago, a report revealed that many schools in the state lacked teachers, and are dilapidated.
”This reported decay and shortage of teachers did not happen in the last 10 months of my administration, it is an accumulation of neglect.
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”They decided not to build schools because they want to imprison the minds of our people, to make us blind in loyalty and unable to ask questions.”
Fubara noted that his government had already commenced efforts to revive the education sector by renovating schools and recruiting more teachers.
“It is for this sake that this government has come to guarantee liberty and break the chains that have held us bound,” he added.
Governor Fubara said his administration had also commenced the rehabilitation of Okirika Grammar School to provide a sound learning ground for the people of the area.
He said his administration would listen to the yearnings of the people of Rivers State and take action without making noise about it.
Also speaking at the event, the APC member representing Okirika/Ogu/Bolo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Anderson Allison, said the membership of the SIMplified Movement spanned across political parties.
Allison said prominent politicians and the elite class in Rivers State were in support of Fubara due to his integrity and commitment to the service of the state.
