Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Rivers State, Prince Ugo Beke says the state is still below three percent in terms of infrastructural development despite claims that the current administration has done very well.
Ugo in an interview few days ago stated that the economy of Rivers state is dead as a lot of companies have left the state.
According to him, poverty rate in the state is over 95 percent, adding that unemployment rate is about 80 percent.
Part of his statement reads,
How has Wike performed in the 23 local governments of Rivers State? Everything is dead. The economy of Rivers State is dead. Trans Amadi where my father owned one of the largest industries is dead. Michelin has left and many others. Poverty rate in Rivers State is over 95 percent.
What is the infrastructural development they are talking about; from one side of Aba road to the other side of Aba Road. That is below three percent of the entire state; the entire state with a voting population of 3.7 million, people say unemployment rate is 45 percent in the state, but I do not agree with that.
I think it is about 80 percent because nothing really is happening in Rivers State. That is why you see that there are more political jobbers in the state; there are many criminals and those into kidnapping because there are no jobs. No man was born a criminal; it is the lack of performance of government that turned many into criminals. So, if Rivers State is really working, you cannot have that high level of poverty.
Flooding just happened in Rivers State, go there and see the level of health hazards. Life expectancy in Rivers is below 45 years old. One of the reasons is because of environmental pollution owing to breaking of pipes and soot. If the state is working, will you have people go and do something they know is unlawful?
