- How He Failed To Complete Assembly Complex Project
- EFCC Should Pick Him Up Immediately-Group
In the next few days, the Rivers State administrator, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ekwe Ibas, will leave the state Government House and return to where he came from. But the level of anger against him keeps growing by the day, as he faces trial in the court of public opinion.
The people are not just angry because he could not complete any of the projects initiated and left behind, including the state house of assembly complex, which he had promised to handle before his exit date.
Rather than concentrate on projects like the assembly complex project, Ibas found it very comfortable to poke his nose into projects as the renovation of the state secretariat, even when he knew that his days in Government House were numbered.
Twice, in March and July this year, Ibas had visited the assembly complex, where he gave marching orders to the contractors. But after the July visit, he was not reported to have done anything else on the project.
“This project is of strategic importance, and we must treat it as such. The people of Rivers State expect results. Any further delays will be unacceptable. All hands must be on deck to meet the agreed timelines.
“From the consultants’ reports and what I have seen here today, the performance is far from satisfactory. The contractor needs to do a lot more. The current pace is unacceptable,” he was reported to have said when he went there.
Beyond the barking, Ibas failed to bite the contractor. As the suspended lawmakers prepare to return to office, the complex would not be ready for their use.
Apart from the assembly complex, Ibas had also given indications of his readiness to give a facelift to the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia and the Alfred Diete-Spiff Sports Complex, during his visit in July, to those facilities.
But again, he did nothing to change the face of those projects. On Sunday, during a thanksgiving service he organised, Ibas looked very cold and sad. Only the wife danced to the songs rendered at the church service.
There were reports that Ibas was not ready to leave the state, as there were moves by some politicians to extend the emergency rule regime, to keep him longer in the office.
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the APC and an ally of a former transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, in assessing Ibas’ six months in the state, said he took the state 20 years backwards.
Hear him: “Not minding that his six months stay in Rivers State as a Military Sole Administrator in a democratic set-up was illegal and undemocratic, it will take the State to recover both economically and politically for 20 years the administrator only succeeded in taking the state 20 years backward.
“The fact remains that he never achieved anything for the progress and well-being of Rivers State and her people, throughout his six months miserable stay, except accomplishing the purpose of those that installed him illegally to usurp the political structure of the state and corning the common patrimony of the state. His stay was not only disaster but calamitous.
“He left the state in a very terrible state and he will live to regret for being a tool in the hands of (Bola)Tinubu and (Nyesom)Wike in turning the state as a laughing stock.”
Eze called on the EFCC to immediately go after Ibas. “If we still have EFCC in the country, EFCC should investigate him and force him to account for all the monies they have wrongly misused.”
Apart from Eze, the president, South South Youths Initiative, Imeabe Saviour Oscar has also queried Ibas’ activities in the state and demands his immediate arrest and public trial by the EFCC.
He said “Ibas should face serious probe due to how he spent the Rivers State resources. He should show detailed accounts of all funds handled/accessed during his tenure. He should be made to address allegations of overstepping and governance gaps.
“We therefore call on EFCC, ICPC to immediately investigate the financial misappropriation against the state sole administrator in Rivers State.
Hours To End of Emergency Rule, Ibas Faces Trial
- How He Failed To Complete Assembly Complex Project
- EFCC Should Pick Him Up Immediately-Group
In the next few days, the Rivers State administrator, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ekwe Ibas, will leave the state Government House and return to where he came from. But the level of anger against him keeps growing by the day, as he faces trial in the court of public opinion.
The people are not just angry because he could not complete any of the projects initiated and left behind, including the state house of assembly complex, which he had promised to handle before his exit date.
Rather than concentrate on projects like the assembly complex project, Ibas found it very comfortable to poke his nose into projects as the renovation of the state secretariat, even when he knew that his days in Government House were numbered.
Twice, in March and July this year, Ibas had visited the assembly complex, where he gave marching orders to the contractors. But after the July visit, he was not reported to have done anything else on the project.
“This project is of strategic importance, and we must treat it as such. The people of Rivers State expect results. Any further delays will be unacceptable. All hands must be on deck to meet the agreed timelines.
“From the consultants’ reports and what I have seen here today, the performance is far from satisfactory. The contractor needs to do a lot more. The current pace is unacceptable,” he was reported to have said when he went there.
Beyond the barking, Ibas failed to bite the contractor. As the suspended lawmakers prepare to return to office, the complex would not be ready for their use.
Apart from the assembly complex, Ibas had also given indications of his readiness to give a facelift to the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia and the Alfred Diete-Spiff Sports Complex, during his visit in July, to those facilities.
But again, he did nothing to change the face of those projects. On Sunday, during a thanksgiving service he organised, Ibas looked very cold and sad. Only the wife danced to the songs rendered at the church service.
There were reports that Ibas was not ready to leave the state, as there were moves by some politicians to extend the emergency rule regime, to keep him longer in the office.
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the APC and an ally of a former transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, in assessing Ibas’ six months in the state, said he took the state 20 years backwards.
Hear him: “Not minding that his six months stay in Rivers State as a Military Sole Administrator in a democratic set-up was illegal and undemocratic, it will take the State to recover both economically and politically for 20 years the administrator only succeeded in taking the state 20 years backward.
“The fact remains that he never achieved anything for the progress and well-being of Rivers State and her people, throughout his six months miserable stay, except accomplishing the purpose of those that installed him illegally to usurp the political structure of the state and corning the common patrimony of the state. His stay was not only disaster but calamitous
“He left the state in a very terrible state and he will live to regret for being a tool in the hands of (Bola)Tinubu and (Nyesom)Wike in turning the state as a laughing stock.”
Eze called on the EFCC to immediately go after Ibas. “If we still have EFCC in the country, EFCC should investigate him and force him to account for all the monies they have wrongly misused.”
Apart from Eze, the president, South South Youths Initiative, Imeabe Saviour Oscar has also queried Ibas’ activities in the state and demands his immediate arrest and public trial by the EFCC.
He said “Ibas should face serious probe due to how he spent the Rivers State resources. He should show detailed accounts of all funds handled/accessed during his tenure. He should be made to address allegations of overstepping and governance gaps.
“We therefore call on EFCC, ICPC to immediately investigate the financial misappropriation against the state sole administrator in Rivers State.
- How He Failed To Complete Assembly Complex Project
- EFCC Should Pick Him Up Immediately-Group
In the next few days, the Rivers State administrator, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ette Ekwe Ibas, will leave the state Government House and return to where he came from. But the level of anger against him keeps growing by the day, as he faces trial in the court of public opinion.
The people are not just angry because he could not complete any of the projects initiated and left behind, including the state house of assembly complex, which he had promised to handle before his exit date.
Rather than concentrate on projects like the assembly complex project, Ibas found it very comfortable to poke his nose into projects as the renovation of the state secretariat, even when he knew that his days in Government House were numbered.
Twice, in March and July this year, Ibas had visited the assembly complex, where he gave marching orders to the contractors. But after the July visit, he was not reported to have done anything else on the project.
“This project is of strategic importance, and we must treat it as such. The people of Rivers State expect results. Any further delays will be unacceptable. All hands must be on deck to meet the agreed timelines.
“From the consultants’ reports and what I have seen here today, the performance is far from satisfactory. The contractor needs to do a lot more. The current pace is unacceptable,” he was reported to have said when he went there.
Beyond the barking, Ibas failed to bite the contractor. As the suspended lawmakers prepare to return to office, the complex would not be ready for their use.
Apart from the assembly complex, Ibas had also given indications of his readiness to give a facelift to the Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia and the Alfred Diete-Spiff Sports Complex, during his visit in July, to those facilities.
But again, he did nothing to change the face of those projects. On Sunday, during a thanksgiving service he organised, Ibas looked very cold and sad. Only the wife danced to the songs rendered at the church service.
There were reports that Ibas was not ready to leave the state, as there were moves by some politicians to extend the emergency rule regime, to keep him longer in the office.
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of the APC and an ally of a former transport minister, Rotimi Amaechi, in assessing Ibas’ six months in the state, said he took the state 20 years backwards.
Hear him: “Not minding that his six months stay in Rivers State as a Military Sole Administrator in a democratic set-up was illegal and undemocratic, it will take the State to recover both economically and politically for 20 years the administrator only succeeded in taking the state 20 years backward.
“The fact remains that he never achieved anything for the progress and well-being of Rivers State and her people, throughout his six months miserable stay, except accomplishing the purpose of those that installed him illegally to usurp the political structure of the state and corning the common patrimony of the state. His stay was not only disaster but calamitous
“He left the state in a very terrible state and he will live to regret for being a tool in the hands of (Bola)Tinubu and (Nyesom)Wike in turning the state as a laughing stock.”
Eze called on the EFCC to immediately go after Ibas. “If we still have EFCC in the country, EFCC should investigate him and force him to account for all the monies they have wrongly misused.”
Apart from Eze, the president, South South Youths Initiative, Imeabe Saviour Oscar has also queried Ibas’ activities in the state and demands his immediate arrest and public trial by the EFCC.
He said “Ibas should face serious probe due to how he spent the Rivers State resources. He should show detailed accounts of all funds handled/accessed during his tenure. He should be made to address allegations of overstepping and governance gaps.
“We therefore call on EFCC, ICPC to immediately investigate the financial misappropriation against the state sole administrator in Rivers State.
