- Evacuation of Property Begins
Embattled lawmakers whose seats were recently declared vacant after they defected to the APC from the PDP on Thursday fled their official residential quarters before the governor, Sim Fubara got there.
Apparently, the defected lawmakers had got some clues that the governor was visiting the place and had to take off to avoid any ugly sight.
This came even as some of the lawmakers decided to started to move out of the quarters on Thursday night, in anticipation of what may befall them if they remained there.
The expansive quarters houses most of the legislators,even though Martin Amaewhule who leads their group, lives somewhere else.
There are signals that the state government plans to restructure the estate and give it a facelift.
During the visit, Fubara had however explained that his visit was to undertake an on-the-spot assessment of the condition of structures there, a possible rehabilitation work.
This was after he had inspected the 15.24 kilometers Emohua – Abalama -Tema Junction dual carriageway road project.
In an ostensible reaction to musings by people over the unexpected visit, the governor said: “Is the Assembly quarters not part of my property? Is there anything wrong in going to check how things are going on there?
“You are aware of the developments. We have a new speaker, and I went there to see for my myself how things are. There might be a few things I might want to do there for the good of our people.”
The governor, who took a walk round the facility, said that he decided to visit the place to get better appreciation of what needs to be done to make the quarters conducive for lawmakers.
Commenting on the road project, Fubara said he was assessing the extent of job that had been done to know what else was needed in preparing the road for commissioning during his one year anniversary.
He said, “As a matter of fact, we added this section of the road as one of the projects we will be commissioning. So, I needed to see it myself, and what is remaining is just the lighting. By the grace of God, we will commission it.”
The governor pointed out that the road project was inherited from the immediate past administration but a greater chunk of the cost was borne by his administration.
He said: “We feel justified to add it as our project and to commission it for the good of our people here.
“Governance is all about the people. When the people are out of the centre of governance, then it is no longer governance.
“So, this road, as we all now know, was in a very bad state. A lot of criminal activities were being carried out here: kidnapping and all sorts of things. So, putting this road in order is appropriate.
“You can see the little manhour we spent coming here. Before, it takes you 30 to 45 minutes to drive from Emohua to this place. But look at it, less than 15 minutes we are here.
“So, it is about the people, the good of the people, making life easy for the people. That is the way I see governance. Anything outside that has nothing to do with me.
