*Says Buhari Won’t Sign Amended Electoral Act
The Governor of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has commended his Bayelsa Counterpart, Senator Douye Diri, for outstanding performance in two years.
Wike said Diri’s performance in two years was better than the two tenures of some governors especially those in the opposition party.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, quoted Governor Wike as having made the comment while inaugurating projects at the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences of the Bayelsa Medical University (BMU) in Yenagoa, on Saturday.
He commended Diri for embarking on infrastructure development especially roads and other meaningful projects that would impact positively on the lives of the people.
Wike hailed Diri for embarking on critical projects such as lecture halls and a pathology laboratory, which costs billions of Naira.
He pledged the sum of N500 million to support the building of the university’s teaching hospital which he said was strategic in serving the people of both Bayelsa and Rivers states.
Wike who also spoke on the lingering issue of the Presidential assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill said that the President will not sign it into law.
He said: “Whatever problems we have we would resolve them amicably. We need to support one another as people of the Niger Delta. We need to be our brother’s keeper.
“Just two years in office, Governor Diri has performed exceptionally well compared to some governors on the other side that had done almost eight years.
“It is when you have something to show that you invite people to come. Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party is telling people from Sokoto in the North and people in the South South, South East and South West to come and see what his government has done.
“That is why when God gives you the privilege and opportunity to serve, you need to thank God. While PDP governors are busy executing and inaugurating projects, others are giving excuses.
“Till now, Nigerians do not understand the modus operandi of the ruling party because everyday they find excuse not to sign the amended Electoral Act.
“After all that the National Assembly has done, Buhari keeps refusing to sign the amended Act. I know it is because they are afraid of the provision on electronic transmission of election results in the Act. Mark my words, Buhari won’t still sign the amended Electoral Act.”
The State Governor Douye Diri said his administration was building on the vision of his predecessors such as the late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who initially built a 500-bed hospital, and Senator Seriake Dickson, who later converted it to a medical institution.
Senator Diri said BMU was one of the best medical facilities in the country with a crop of distinguished medical professionals.
On the university’s teaching hospital, the governor directed the Commissioners for Health, Education and Finance to ensure completion of the project for it to become functional this year.
