Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike has said that governance in Rivers state has reduced to one man dictatorship.
Speaking while presenting his 19-point blueprint for the development of the state in Port-Harcourt on Monday, Wike said “It is beyond contradiction that the record of the present state governor speaks and conjures nothing but failure, betrayal of trust and disappointment in every index of good governance.
“Never in history has Rivers State been so dysfunctional and crisis-ridden. For four years the state House of Assembly remains ineffective, totally subdued and muffled. The state judiciary is also under lock and key, and the doors to justice shut against the people for over a year.
“One can only imagine the pains and hardship being experienced by lawyers and their families as a result of this self-serving, callous decision. Not to mention the general public who need the services of the judiciary.
“Democracy is widely cherished as the government of the people for the people and by the people. But here in Rivers State, governance has since been reduced to a one-man dictatorship.
“Worst still, the APC government remains totally disconnected from the dreams and aspirations of the people.
“In seven and a half years, the present government has received and spent over N3 trillion. Yet ignorance, diseases, unemployment, poverty, severe infrastructure deficit and threats keep increasing by the day.”