| GOVERNOR Rotimi Amaechi has vowed to demolish any building belonging to militants in the state. This is an apparent move to discourage ill-gotten wealth. The governor said this yesterday at a stake holders meeting in Government House. � will knock down any house built by militants. The person can go to court. We must as a people take our destiny into our hands. We must not be ruled by criminals. It is not because of injustice in the area that these things are happening here (referring to hostage takings and crimes in the state). We are ready to negotiate with the genuine agitators but we will not negotiate with criminals. We will enforce the law�. He continued that his administration would soon begin massive demolition in the state capital to be able to return it to its old garden city status. �The old Rivers State information centre will be replaced with a football field. Agbani Derego centre will be replaced. We shall demolish churches and mosques�. On Okada, he added: “They would be asked to vacate the streets of the state capital after the state would have taken delivery of enough commercial buses. He said at the moment they were still allowed to ply the roads. �We shall introduce buses. We only told motorcycles to stop plying from 7pm. You can�t ban motorcycles except you have an alternative if not the poor will suffer� He said his administration was already working on a comprehensive solution to the water problem in the state which would soon be ready. On the epileptic power supply he said his government had paid eleven billion to Roskin engineering, a firm that handled former governor Peter Odili�s gas turbine project. Amaechi said his government had not abandoned the turbine project. When it is completed according to him, former governor Peter Odili would be invited during the commissioning because he initiated the idea |
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