Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has said that the economy of the state will crash if President Goodluck Jonathan wins a second term of office in 2015.
He also expressed doubts over the sincerity of the president to ensure free and fair general elections in 2015 as promised by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega.
Amaechi, who spoke on Tuesday evening when he appeared on ‘Hard Facts’, a live phone-in radio programme in Port Harcourt, the state capital, vowed that he would never return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He said: “I will remain in the All Progressives Congress and the state too should support the party. I am supporting APC not because I have not performed, but because if President Goodluck Jonathan wins a second term, the economy will crash.
“If he wins a second term, nothing will happen here. The only thing that will happen here is that buccaneers will loot the cash, all the money we are getting. They have already apportioned who will get what money.”
The governor expressed mixed feelings on the nation’s development strides as it celebrated 54th Independence anniversary.
He described as diversionary, federal government’s claims that the fall in revenue allocation to states was as a result of oil theft.
“Today is better; tomorrow is bad; next tomorrow may be worse. It has never been this bad.
“It wasn’t that bad during Shagari government as it is now. As I told you, some states can’t pay salaries, so there is problem in our hands”, Amaechi said.
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