By Seyi Babalola
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, Wednesday said he was not weak, but calm because of the respect he had for President Bola Tinubu.
He said this in Port Harcourt when he received members of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE).
The governor, who vowed to surprise anyone that takes his calmness for weakness, warned that he would no longer tolerate any insult on any his appointees as he continues to implement the President’s terms of political solutions to the Rivers crisis.
Full text of Fubara’s statement…
“Let me say it here for record purposes: What is happening here in our dear State is somebody who has respect for an elder.
“Mr. President invited all the parties to Abuja and came out with a resolution that we should go and implement. That resolution, I am implementing it. It is not a constitutional implementation. It is a political solution to a problem.
“And I am doing it because of the respect I have for Mr President. But, let me say it here, if that action that I have accepted to take would be seen as a weakness, I will surprise them. I want this message to go to them.”
He said their large number was proof of the organic support his administration had continued to enjoy from the people of the state.
He said: “Some days ago, somebody said we are busy renting crowd for thanksgiving. But what I have seen here today, it’s not different from what is happening at those thanksgiving rallies. People are just appreciating God and good governance.
“For our people, the great and wonderful people of Rivers State, we will continue to lead you with the fear of God.
“Maturity is not about age, maturity is in the person. It is what defines the character of a person. I choose not to respond to people that I assumed are matured, but are obviously immature in attitude.
“I will continue to be mature, not minding my age, but I will not, for any reason, allow myself or anybody who is working with me in this administration to be messed with, maltreated or abused in the cause of administering this governance.”
Fubara said that he was mindful of the legacy he would bequeath after his tenure.
“It should also be about the lives that have been touched genuinely; about the policies implemented without any inducement to better the lives of the people and the society,” he said.
