Browsing: Governor Rotimi Amaechi

For the New PDP, Amaechi has “scored yet another, first with the unveiling of Port Harcourt as the first city in Nigeria to become the UNESCO World Book Capital

In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is raising the alarm because, as the saying goes, all it takes for evil to flourish is for good men to do nothing

The North America Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that during the event, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, was also unveiled as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2014.
The city won the nomination, having defeated Oxford and Moscow in the selection process

The statement, by Jerry Needam, the Special Adviser on Media to the state Chairman of the PDP, Felix Obuah, said Amaechi should have the boldness to pull out of the negotiations instead of deceiving and betraying the processes and the genuine intentions of Jonathan and the PDP

As exclusively reported by The Eagle Online, the leadership of the nPDP had on Monday night planned to visit the National Assembly as it resumed on Tuesday

Information reaching The Eagle Online has it that there will be another one by 11pm on the reconciliations efforts

Presidency sources at the meeting, attended by 16 governors elected on the platform of the PDP, said the two former leaders said this was the worst period for Nigeria in terms of division along ethnic and religious divides

In a statement by the state Commissioner of Information and Communications, Ibim Semenitari, the Rivers State Government said the redeployment of Amaechi’s Escort Commander and the instruction to the Camp Commandant of the Government House by Mbu to furnish him with Amaechi’s daily movement were indicative of the fact that he wanted harm to come the governor’s way

Jerry Needam said with the long years of service of Prince Uche Secondus in the PDP and his wealth of experience and fear of God, the party has no doubt in his ability to deliver

There is no gainsaying the fact that this time around, the cancerous and menace of unemployment in Nigeria which if unchecked is capable of not only truncating our democracy, but has the potential of destroying our nation by critically examining the proactive and strategically steps that Governor Amaechi of Rivers State has adopted in addressing this menace with hope that other governments in Nigeria will sit up and take a clue before this menace consumes us all

The application for registration by the new party, it was learnt at the weekend, has been filed with the Independent National Electoral Commission, which is processing it

The state PDP Chairman, Felix Obuah, announced this at a news briefing in Port Harcourt, the state capital

Sources told The Eagle Online that Abdulkadir’s sack was to serve as a deterrent to others perceived not to be fully loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan

The report stated that oil spills had contaminated both surface and ground water at levels more than 900 times above the World Health Organisation prescribed safety limit

The statement reads: “Again, on Saturday August, 18, 2013, Presidential Assistant on Public Affairs Dr. Doyin Okupe on a radio programme, continued his grossly irresponsible, repugnant and contemptuous, albeit, feckless mission of denigrating and disparaging the person and office of the Governor of Rivers State and the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), the Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi

According to the statement, Governor Chibuike Amaechi has the power, under the law, to commission an inquiry into any matter or issue in the state

The court restrained the state government from receiving or acting on any recommendation made by the commission of inquiry

However, the arrival of Senator Magnus Abe at the court premises prevented the imminent clash between the embattled local government party chairman’s supporters and the security operatives

Nyako’s reaction followed rumours making the round that Amaechi and his Plateau State counterpart, who is laying claim to the chairmanship of the NGF despite losing the election for the seat, Jonah Jang, might be asked to step down to pave way for a neutral candidate

Investigation revealed that before Amaechi went for the audience with the President, he had met with the five northern governors on Friday night in Sokoto State Governor’s Lodge for debriefing on their intervention