Rotimi Ameachi:The Making of A Loquacious Governor

Members of the All Progressive Congress all seem to be graduates of the school of loquaciousness.Ranging from Femi Fani-Kayode to Nasir El-Rufai,Lai Mohammed,Rauf Aregbesola,the list is endless.They all talk too much and often times,unreasonably too.Governor Rotimi Ameachi of Rivers State is fast developing a reputation as a student of this school.
The Rivers Staten governor now dabbles into issues even those that add nothing to our development.He has overnight become an activist,an anti-graft crusader,a very upright man.May be he believes that the more he constantly attacks President Goodluck Jonathan and the federal government,the more he will be seen by the masses as a man who is free from corruption or any atom of indiscipline,but unfortunately,we know all these people.
Governor Ameachi who did not attend the 100 years Centenary Celebration of Nigeria gave a very frivolous reason as to why he did not attend.The governor said"When asked why I did not attend the celebration,I said five prominent Rivers men left here to go and invite the President.When they approched me they wanted to go and invite the President,I said don't bother your head,the President won't come.They came back to my house that day in Abuja and they told me that they met with the President and i was exited.Everybody in the Federal Government told me the President will come(for the Port Hacourt centenary).The President did not come.
"So i told them that i will not go to(Nigeria's)centenary because Port Hacourt turned 100 and the President refused to come even though he grew up here.I said i would not go to Nigeria's centenary in response to his(Jonathan)refusal to come for Port Hacourt centenary".Now let me ask this question;

• Rotimi Ameachi being the executive governor of a state which was about to celebrate something as big as its centenary,would it have been out of place for him to have personally invited the President and Commander in Chief to such an occassion?

His reason for not attending the centenary celebration holds no water,infact by staying away,he only exposed his unpatriotic nature and disrespect for constituted authority.I mean,this was a moment worth celebrating by each and every Nigerian.That the country had remained one after one hundred years inspite of our differnces was a thing of joy.It was a moment to celebrate Nigeria and not a moment to celebrate the President's birthday.Ameachi does not own Rivers State,the state belongs to its indegenes,in the same manner the President does not own Nigeria,he is only in charge of the country due to the mandate given to him by the people.So being a Nigerian is what unites us all together and if that be the case,he ought to have attended the celebration instead of waxing emotional about the President's absence during the Rivers State Centenary?
It is never too late for governor Ameachi to retrace his steps because he seem to be acting like a drowning man.