implementation of his programmes. For the first time, the civil servants are happy. Under this administration,Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State, Sydney Tambari Gbara, in this interview with ANN GODWIN, spoke on the crisis bedeviling the party in the state, the face-off between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and Minister of FCT, Nyesome Wike, transparency issues in governance, and why Rivers is now better off despite unease.
Let me quickly point this out that one of the things that brought problems was the visit of Governor Fubara to the Songhai farm. It is a government owned Agricultural facility that was built by former Governor Chibuike Amaechi. The farm has different sections, and recreational facilities. It employed over 5,000 youths when it was operational but during Wike’s tenure, the farm was shut down.
We can now ask him if what he is doing is good for the young politicians to emulate. As far as I know, the party that produces the governor supports the government of the day, so most of us in the party are supporting the governor 100 per cent while others under ‘loyal syndrome’ still follow the minister even when they are not happy with what he is doing.
We discovered that names of Fubara’s supporters were missing from that list. We wrote to the NWC and copied the governor, who followed it up. A letter was written and signed by the national organising secretary telling us to remain calm that the list will be revisited. When the NEC met, they directed that the Rivers State list be revisited and the national organising secretary wrote another letter that they will provide a political solution to the matter.
On his romance with APC, we are not aware of it but he does not need to be in APC to support the President. During the last election, we were not in APC, but he told us to support the President and we did. One leg in APC, the other in PDP is a typical characteristic of an inconsistent character. He is on his own; majority of PDP members are with the governor.