Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike has said that his administration will now focus on the wellbeing of the people of Rivers state.
He made the statement at the inauguration of the Oro-Abali flyover, at the Kaduna Street Junction, along the Port Harcourt-Aba Expressway in Port Harcourt.
“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,” the former minister of state for education said during the event held on Tuesday.
“What people do not understand; people think when you are in government, from [the] 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.”
The governor who hailed his infrastructural strides in the state noted that the people of the state has patiently worked with him from the inception of his administration.
“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,” the governor restated.
“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 schemes to be able to cushion the level of poverty in the society. That is what we are going to apply here.”
