THE Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors
Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said on Wednesday that corruption would disappear
from Nigeria if the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress,
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), emerged the winner of the February 14
presidential election.
Amaechi specifically stated that Buhari would instil
discipline and uprightness on corrupt public officials in the country should he
win the forthcoming poll.
The Director General of Muhammadu Buhari Campaign
Organisation, who made this remark while swearing in nine permanent secretaries
at the Government House in Port Harcourt, pointed out that Nigerians were tired
of the Peoples Democratic Party leadership under President Goodluck Jonathan
and needed a change.
Amaechi added that no matter the lies told by the leadership
of the PDP, Nigerians were interested in the improvement in the country’s
affairs.
“We were sharing some discussions in the bus in the cause of
our campaign. The President and the PDP never knew that there will be a time
like this in Nigeria when Nigerians will be asking for change, not because of
the APC or Amaechi but because they are tired of what is going on.
“No matter the lies you tell, Nigerians just want change;
any type of change they want it. It could be change for the better, it could be
change even for the worse but they certainly want change,” the governor
stressed.
Amaechi, however, charged the newly sworn-in permanent
secretaries to see their appointment as a call to service delivery and ensure
that they were not on the wrong side of history.
He observed that in the past, permanent secretaries were not
corrupt but upright, adding that currently, some of those occupying similar
positions had landed property everywhere.
The governor urged the new permanent secretaries to resign
if they were not ready to serve, maintaining that their current position came
with challenges.
Amaechi said, “Don’t be one of those permanent secretaries
that history will have on the wrong side of the society. If you don’t want to
serve, please, resign because it comes with challenges.
“Just imagine the days when J. E. Amadi was a permanent
secretary. Now permanent secretaries have houses everywhere, estates they have
built for themselves and are busy sharing money.
“You better change because the Buhari government will force
change on everybody. I hope you listened to him (Buhari); he is not talking
about Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, he said there are rules of the
civil service.
“If we obey those rules, corruption will seize. If we all
run government by those rules, then we will have a better country. Let me
congratulate you on behalf of the state government.”
Those sworn in by the governor are Amieyefori Joseph, Marcus
Anga, Samuel Egbe and Dagogo Heart.
Others are Mrs. A. E. Petito, Augustine Orlu Orlu, Sam Woka,
Kingsley Hart and Mrs. Ibaniba Abella Briggs
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