Boosting Monthly IGR From N12b To N27b Within A Year Has Earned Fubara 2nd Tenure, Group Tells Gborogbosi

<h4>Boosting Monthly IGR<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a Pro-Democracy Coalition of Nigeria has advised the candidate of the Action People’s Party &lpar;APP&rpar; in the 2023 guber election in Rivers State&comma; Lessi Gborogbosi&comma; to forget about his governorship ambition in 2027&comma; saying that the financial feat of governor Siminalayi Fubara has earned him a 2nd tenure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a statement signed by its President&comma; Comrade Jack Thomas&comma; the group said Gborogbosi should wake up from his dream of succeeding Governor Siminalayi Fubara in 2027&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thomas said Rivers people are still on honeymoon with Fubara over his performance so far and do not intend to end their union any time soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>We read a press statement from Dr Lessi Gborogbosi&comma; issued in Portharcourt on Thursday&comma; wherein he referred to himself as the next governor of Rivers State&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The statement which has been reported in several national dailies is nothing other than a figment of the imagination of Gborogbosi&comma; who seems not to be aware of the giant strides of Governor Fubara&comma; which has given birth to the honeymoon between the people of Rivers State and the governor&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em><strong>As a pro-democracy group&comma; it is pertinent to inform the former staff of Shell why it is impossible for Fubara to handover to him in 2027&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In less than one year&comma; Fubara invested over half a trillion Naira in critical infrastructure in Rivers State&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;These include&comma; the Port Harcourt Ring Road&comma; Omoku and Kalabari Super Highway&period; Many of these projects have commenced&comma; and are at different levels of completion&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Few days ago&comma; the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road project was inaugured&period; This is a project that was initiated by the former governor of Rivers State Peter Odili&comma; who left office in May 2007&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Rivers State Executive Council has approved N80 billion for the Elele-Omoku road project that will traverse three local government areas of the State – Ikwerre&comma; Emohua and Ogba&sol;Egbema&sol;Ndoni&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Fubara administration through<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Rivers State Micro Finance Agency &lpar;RIMA&rpar; in partnership with and technical support of Nigeria’s Bank of Industry &lpar;BoI&rpar; has disbursed N4 billion to businesses in the nano sector as well as the small and medium enterprise subsector from N400&comma;000 to N10m each&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Under Fubara&comma; the Internally Generated Revenue&lpar;IGR&rpar; of Rivers State has also being boosted from the monthly IGR N12 billion that he met on assumption of office to N27 billion&period; This represents an increase of over 100 percent&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Fubara administration is also set to employ 10&comma;000 workers in the state civil service&comma; aside clearing the backlog of promotions and pension arrears&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With the monumental achievements of Governor Fubara in less than one year despite the huge distraction from enemies of Rivers State&comma; the covalent bond between the governor and the people of Rivers State cannot be broken in 2027&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is necessary to inform Gborogbosi that Rivers people are not in a hurry to end their honeymoon with Fubara in 2027&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;