Rivers State Governor and Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has urged Nigerians to vote cautiously in the country’s forthcoming presidential election in order to shape their future. The governor said it was their only power to transform both the country and its leadership and appealed to the people to vote for the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari. Amaechi spoke at the 27th convocation ceremony of the Rivers State University of Sci- ence and Technology in Port Harcourt last weekend. According to him, Nigerians would be faced with the reality of voting on March 28 in the country’s presidential election.
“Today, you are confronted with one reality, the reality of Nigeria, that reality begins from 28th of March, the reality to choose between good and bad and the reality to choose between peace and corruption and those who want to change your life, the reality of the fact that after now, most of you will be unemployed, the reality of the fact that I sit here as governor and students are fighting over electric fan, compared with the reality of the fact that in other universities outside this country, convocation arenas are built with air-conditioners so students don’t fight over fan, that reality is what confronts you today,” he said. Amaechi added: “It is the reality of asking your lecturers; what are their qualifications, why don’t we have enough lecturers in each faculty. When I was at the University of Port Harcourt, I had enough lecturers in my faculty and I’m proud to say that I graduated from that university knowing my lecturers were those who could defend their degrees outside.
The reality that confronts you on the 28th (of March) is to choose between our brother who’s a failure or success, or to choose between Christianity and God. You will ask me why I say Christianity and God. Not all Christians worship God. I’m a Catholic; let them tell us their religion. I’m a Catholic and will never be found in a traditional place where people will point their tools on me be- cause I want to win election. I’m a Christian and I worship God.” He bemoaned the corruption menace in the country, promising that there would be stringent measures against corruption when Buhari is elected president. He urged Nigerians to vote for Buhari and dissociate themselves from the current failure of the PDP-led Federal Government.
