By Philip Ezuma Port Harcourt
Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has again expressed faith and confidence in the nation’s Judicary, saying it remains the last hope of the common man.
The Governor expressed appreciation to the Judiciary for its assuring strides, and advised Nigerians to keep faith alive and refuse to be swayed negatively by recent happenings.
Governor Fubara spoke at the State School 11 Field in Obibi Umuogba community, venue of the inauguration of the 14.1km Umuakali-Eberi-Omodu Road project in Omuma Local Government Area on Saturday.
The leadership of Omuma Area Council of Traditional Rulers led by King of Eberi-Omuma Kingdom, Eze Onyekachi Amaonwu, conferred the traditional title of Nwanne di na mba of Omuma land (Our brother in another land) on Governor Fubara.
The Rivers State Governor described the road project as very significant to the people of Omuma because it serves as the most connecting route to more communities in Omuma Local Government Area, and to neighbouring Abia State.
Governor Fubara explained that a major jinx has been broken in the area because it was a place where the development fortunes of the entire area was left in the hands of one member of a community.
The Governor asserted that, now a diverse number of people are being empowered to collectively work together to speed up the rural transformation agenda in the area.
Governor Fubara stated that it is such success that has manifested as liberation for the people of Omuma Local Government Area who now determine and drive their development, collectively.
He said: “This Local Government was under a siege by one person. But today, you can see the liberation. You can even see the excitement in the faces of everyone here.
“The Chairman said it all, and if you could remember when I came for campaign, I said it. Thank God for social and electronic media that recorded me saying it.”
Governor Fubara also said: “My concern for Rivers State is not about building one person, and encouraging one person to be the centre point. But it is about building men and women so that development will come rapid and fast in the Local Government.
“And I think today, what I said about a year ago has come to manifest. People are beginning to see the reason why we should not for any reason put our lives, and depend on just one person for our development.
“This Local Government that you are witnessing, that is celebrating the joy of our governance, is one Local Government that has been left behind for so many years. But today, I can assure you that what we have started to do, and with what you are going to do, this Local Government will not be the same again.
