their has been so much noise about these two folks ABOUT their performances as governors. with some people saying that Akpabio outperformed Amaechi while some have the opinion that Amaechi outperformed Akpabio. so let settle it here once and for all. Akpabio and Amaechi who was the better governor and the comparison will be based on the following.

Job creation/empowerment

infrastructure such as Roads, bridges, etc

Education

Power

Health

Agriculture

sports

Security

IGR improvement

constructive analysis and verifiable facts please

aisha which state do you come from?

Amaechi by far

FreeGlobe:
aisha which state do you come from?

Am a patriotic Nigerian and my state of origin doesn't count

Amaechi by farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

akpabio

An areial view of both states clearly shows akwaibom is more civilized and fit for human habitation than rivers state.

OtunbaJega:
Amaechi by far

where are your facts

Ameachi! Dont ask me why.

FreeGlobe:
aisha which state do you come from?

Leave this thread for patriotic Nigerians since you are a biafran.

FreeGlobe:
aisha which state do you come from?

Leave this thread for patriotic Nigerians since you are a biafran.

FreeGlobe:
aisha which state do you come from?

Leave this thread for patriotic Nigerians. Mrs biafran

good answer. chop knuckle

aishalove:
Am a patriotic Nigerian and my state of origin doesn't count

Akpabio!!!!
Free Education
Infrastructures- Countless roads built by JB, E-Library, Stadium, Itam flyover, Le meridien, the Hotel at Ik.Ekpene
Health - World Class Hospital
and so much more. . .

Job creation..... give it to Amaechi for employing over 13 thousand teachers at a go something even the then president could not do

Infrastructure ......give it to Akpabio he did a great job in this sectore. quality roads and bridges

Education ...... give it to Rotimi. over 500 well equiped model primary and secondary schools is not beans

Power generation..... Clearly Amaechi. he Added over 350MW to national grid and upgraded the Omuku gas turbin to its optimum production

Health..... i will also give to Amaechi. he did well especially for his free health policies and over 100 health centers built across the state

Sports..... maybe Amaechi for building not only a stadium but a game village. in his watch the state won the National games for the first time. the two state teams Sharks and dolphin recorded one of their best successes with both teams remaining in the top flight for a prolonged period

...am coming back

Amaechi by far.....in everything even roads akpabio claimed to do well in.

Okay
Roads- akpabio 100%(cos of quality) amaechi 80%
Education 40............100
Health. 30.............100
IGR. 60..............90
Human devt 70...............100
Sports. 80(sports is more than a stadium)..........95
Security. ??...................................... 85

phantom:
Amaechi by far.....in everything even roads akpabio claimed to do well in.

Okay
Roads- akpabio 100%(cos of quality) amaechi 80%
Education 40............100
Health. 30.............100
IGR. 60..............90
Human devt 70...............100
Sports. 80(sports is more than a stadium)..........95
Security. ??...................................... 85

Then why does akwaibom looks more civilized than rivers state.?
Do you even know how both states look like?

Akpabio

Amaechi over akpabio with a wide margin

Patdedon:
Akpabio!!!!
Free Education
Infrastructures- Countless roads built by JB, E-Library, Stadium, Itam flyover, Le meridien, the Hotel at Ik.Ekpene
Health - World Class Hospital
and so much more. . .

World class hospital indeed!, yet equipments were borrowed to window dress it for commissioning

laterthings:
Job creation..... give it to Amaechi for employing over 13 thousand teachers at a go something even the then president could not do

Infrastructure ......give it to Akpabio he did a great job in this sectore. quality roads and bridges

Education ...... give it to Rotimi. over 500 well equiped model primary and secondary schools is not beans

Power generation..... Clearly Amaechi. he Added over 350MW to national grid and upgraded the Omuku gas turbin to its optimum production

Health..... i will also give to Amaechi. he did well especially for his free health policies and over 100 health centers built across the state

Sports..... maybe Amaechi for building not only a stadium but a game village. in his watch the state won the National games for the first time. the two state teams Sharks and dolphin recorded one of their best successes with both teams remaining in the top flight for a prolonged period

...am coming back

Please stop peddling lies. Which 350 mW? To which national grid?

Please verify your claims.

jusRadical:




Please stop peddling lies. Which 350 mW? To which national grid?

Please verify your claims.

please read this and make a formal apology to me

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/revisiting-the-rivers-state-power-project/216944/

The power project embarked upon by the River State government had been in the news lately. But keen observers of the issues at stake are of the opinion that the controversy surrounding the project is in pursuance of the political vendetta against the immediate past governor of Rivers State, the Rt. Hon. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, and the plot to ensure he is not appointed into any position of significance by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.


Not a few believed that the smoke is from the fire discretely ignited by Nyesom Wike regime, which has commenced another series of lies, outright falsification of documents and despicable abuse of the oaths process to throw dusts into the eyes of the citizens.
Vendetta? Yes, it is indeed a vendetta zealously pursued against Amaechi and his traducers care less if Rivers state remains stagnant because of that. His sin is that he supported a competent, incorruptible and pan Nigerian citizen of Muslim, Fulani and Northern extraction to defeat an incompetent, oligarchical and weak leader that presided over a clueless and evidently corrupt administration. They did not and are yet to see the logic in his decision to do what is right in the interest of the nation instead of supporting a failed leader from the Niger Delta.


Their present focus is on the Rivers State Power Generation infrastructure and the Rivers State Specialist Hospital project. There are some basic facts the harbingers of hate and demonization of Amaechi failed to realise or they intentionally did not want to disclose to the Rivers people. These are:


The Amaechi administration inherited power asset of 236MW from plants at Trans Amadi and Obrikom; On assumption of office in 2007, the construction of 100MW at Obrikom was ongoing while a 30MW station at Onne was undergoing rehabilitation; The completed plants were operating at 20 per cent capacity due to maintenance and transmission challenges; In 2010, the Amaechi administration commenced the construction of 180MW power plant at Afam (This green field project that is based on Gas Turbine Technology is known as Afam 1 and contracted to Saipem, an internationally acclaimed power energy company of high repute. Note that the Afam Gas manifold owned by SPDC was already in existence and this project was designed to leverage on that); and in 2013, the administration commenced the construction of another 180MW at Afam to bring the total capacity there to 360MW.


With an almost 750MW installed power generation capacity in the state, the Amaechi administration embarked, through a cabinet decision, on the divestiture of 70 per cent of the assets across board to ensure sustainability, accountability and efficiency. The government off loaded 70 per cent of the assets to NG Power Consortium, which has consolidated itself as the largest power energy generation company in Nigeria. This company is the core owner and operator of Egbin Power Plant in Lagos.
The NG Power Consortium acquired 541MW, representing 70 per cent of the assets at a unit rate of US$800,000.00/MW and this amounted to US$302,400,000.00. The company remitted US$75,600,000.00 representing 25 percent of the proceeds to the state government in 2013. The balance was remitted in instalments over the next one year.


It is important to further note the following: All payments in the transaction passed through the Zenith Bank and the records are there for verification purposes; The entire transaction complied with standard Due Process provisions from the cabinet to the Ministry of Power to other agencies of government; Part of the proceeds was used to pay Saipem for the construction of Afam (11) plant; Furthermore, part of the proceeds was used to clear out contractual obligations in other ministries and agencies of government; Part of the proceeds was also used to settle obligations to Shell and AGIP for gas supplies to the power plants; and part of the proceeds was injected into the 2014/2015 budget appropriation.


The records are there in all agencies and parastatals and schedule of the withdrawals are available for the present regime in Port Harcourt to access and be well informed. It is pertinent for the Rivers State government to appreciate that in public financial administration, sources and application of funds is a continuum. Every revenue goes into the state coffers and used in appropriation depending on the developmental orientation and agenda of the administration.


The most laughable allegation by the confused propagandists of the Wike regime is the fruitless attempt at using the CLINORIV Specialist Hospital to smear the image of Amaechi. Nothing projects the lack of understanding of these agents of falsehood than their inability to understand how government projects are valued to determine money for work done.
The Rivers State government under Gov. Amaechi decided to build a specialist hospital in the state to save the government and people the huge amount of money spent in overseas treatment. It was a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement between the state government and Clinotech Diagnostics and Pharmaceuticals Inc, Canada (“Clinotech”) for the building of a 1,000 room, 12 story specialist hospital in Port Harcourt.
These are the important facts: the government’s equity in the Specialist Hospital is 40 percent; Clinotech mobilized to site at the old University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital and commenced work on the master plan, design and commissioned consultancy works for the project; the state government contributed its equity share of N4.6bn to demonstrate commitment to the project; Clinotech reneged on its commitment of 60 per cent equity contribution siting global recession (However, the government carried on with the project because of its significant to the health needs of the state); and the government awarded a contract to Clinotech to construct the hospital on Turnkey basis for 24 months.

On the allegations made by the Nyesom Wike crew on this project against Amaechi, there is an interesting development: Instead of making effort to recover the money already given to Clinoriv, the Government awarded a fresh contract to Clinotech.
This is true. For a specialist hospital of this magnitude, a Turnkey project is internationally recognized as the best form for procurement. This is the professional practice in specialized works of this nature, hence a Turnkey contract was awarded on 15th December 2008 to Clinotech for the following reasons:


Clinotch understood the vision behind the project and had demonstrated technical proficiency and commitment to the project by; mobilizing to three different sites to ensure successful project take off; expending substantial funds to complete the Master-plan, design and commencing substantial feasibility, engineering, and topographical works on the project; mobilizing local and expatriate technical staff to the project
Hence, there was no money to recover as construction works had begun, substantial procurement and shipment of plant and machinery had commenced.


There was allegation that not even a single stone had been laid at the proposed site of the hospital up till today. This is false, completely malicious and misleading. One wonders if the present administration in Rivers State has bothered to read the project file and visit the project site. One can only draw the conclusion that the present administration is unable to carry out due diligence. There is documentation evidencing the actual level and cost of work done on site.
There is also evidence of cost of materials, plant and machinery as at March 2010 when Clinotech vacated the site. Details of work shows that site clearance was 100 percent; temporary access road/Driveway, 100 percent; permanent fencing, 41 percent; construction of residential facilities, 100 percent; concrete drainage, 10 percent; basement excavation, 36 percent; piling (17 points), 3.5 percent; hardcore, 6.5 percent.


Also, the statement of valuation of work also shows that technical and engineering works is N753,750,000.00; total construction and residential facilities N361,416,716.00; plants and equipment on site N719,790,613.00;
personnel mobilization, staff and labor N517,500,000.00; materials on site N1,239,797,905.00; measured work N307,844,569.00; work done at old sites N168,513,139.00; while the total value of work done is put at N4,068,612,942.50


Hence, there is more than a single stone laid at site. Also the claim that Governor Amaechi out of criminal negligence or sheer connivance had maintained a studied silence for seven years without making any efforts to retrieve the money unlawfully paid to Clinoriv for the failed hospital project is completely malicious and typical of the present governor of Rivers State who has no vision to develop the Rivers people, but whose sole agenda is to tarnish the reputation of Chibuike Amaechi. The truth is that Governor Amaechi personally instigated an investigation into the financial activities of Clinotech in the project.


On 5 March 2010, the governor reported a case of alleged breach of contract and fraudulent diversion of funds to the Commissioner of Police, CP Suleiman Abba.
The Rivers State Executive council appointed the firm of Utchay Okorji to perform an inventorisation exercise of the construction site. According to the report, the ground total cost of all direct and incidental items on site was valued at N2,314,134,140 (two billion, three hundred and fourteen thousand, one hundred and thirty four thousand, one hundred forty naira only).


Additionally, the government engaged NUGI Limited to perform a Technical Audit of the quality and value of the work done as at the date Clinotech vacated the site. According to the report, the total value of work done and materials on site was N4,068,612,942.50. (four billion, sixty eight million , six hundred and twelve thousand, nine hundred and forty two naira, fifty kobo.)
These are verifiable facts any citizen can access. While they are cracking their brains on how to stop Amaechi from holding any important position in Abuja, the Lion of Ubima is taking life easy and putting his life in God’s hand. God is the only giver of power not man.

- Ngozika and Friday wrote from Port Harcourt.

Amaechi

Yanks101:
Then why does akwaibom looks more civilized than rivers state.?
Do you even know how both states look like?

what does civility have to do with the performance of the ex-governors match their performance base on the factors outlined by the op and move on

nickxtra:
World class hospital indeed!, yet equipments were borrowed to window dress it for commissioning

Please say wat u knw I m nt 4m akwa ibom but went for in inspection of that hospital n as @ 2day no other hospital can compete wit that hospital in equipments

laterthings:


what does civility have to do with the performance of the ex-governors match their performance base on the factors outlined by the op and move on

Civilized in the sense of basic amenities, roads and general cleanliness.
Any sensible person knows akwaibom is more livable than rivers, and that is the job of a governor.

Yanks101:
Civilized in the sense of basic amenities, roads and general cleanliness.
Any sensible person knows akwaibom is more livable than rivers, and that is the job of a governor.

Livability with a poor economy?

phantom:

Livability with a poor economy?

Poor economy? Akwaibom generates 80% of Nigeria's offshore crude and the majority of its gas.
Such a state should never have a poor economy in a functioning country, which Nigeria isn't.
Akwibom's States revenues are shared among Nigeria's parasitic states.

aishalove:

Am a patriotic Nigerian and my state of origin doesn't count

don't pay attention to that lunatic.



Answer: Amaechi!

Do you have evidence to back your statement? Or you just feel you should say something. .

nickxtra:
World class hospital indeed!, yet equipments were borrowed to window dress it for commissioning