{"id":38852,"date":"2012-01-20T23:06:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/01\/amaechi-nyesom-battle-for-soul-of-rivers-pdp\/"},"modified":"2012-01-20T23:06:53","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T23:06:53","slug":"amaechi-nyesom-battle-for-soul-of-rivers-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/01\/20\/amaechi-nyesom-battle-for-soul-of-rivers-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Amaechi, Nyesom: Battle for soul of Rivers pdp"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BY JIMITOTA ONOYUME
PORT HARCOURT:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The next senatorial elections by the In dependent National Electoral Commission\u2019s calendar for Rivers state will be in 2015. \u00a0But surprisingly the battle over who clinches the Rivers East Senatorial seat come 2015 has become fierce in the state.<\/p>\n

The battle is mainly between Governor Chibuike Amaechi and the Minister of State for Education, Bar Nyesom Wike. \u00a0They are both of the same Ikwerre ethnic group, in the same senatorial district and of the same ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
While the governor is from Ubima in Ikwerre LGA, the Minister is from Rumuo Epirkom\u00a0 in Obio Akpo local government.<\/p>\n

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Nyesom and Gov. Amaechi<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Already their aspirations have started generating serious political tension in the state.\u00a0 Last week,\u00a0 Amaechi \u00a0suspended 11 LGA chairmen indefinitely \u00a0for allegedly coming late to a meeting slated, according to the Commissioner of Information, Mrs Ibim Semenitary to discuss how the state should tackle\u00a0challenges that arose from \u00a0the sudden withdrawal of fuel subsidy. He further swore in their deputies as Acting Chairmen, an act that was later ratified by the state House of Assembly.<\/p>\n

The affected LGA chairmen were those of Port Harcourt,\u00a0 Emuoha, Ahoada East, Ahoada, Ogba\/Egbema\/Ndoni, Asaritoru, Akukutoru, Andoni, Okrika, Opobo\/Nkoro and Ikwerre.<\/p>\n

Though out of\u00a0 the 11, only about \u00a0four local governments are in the Rivers East senatorial district but sources within the\u00a0 governor\u2019s political camp said it was a move to\u00a0 firmly position the governor in the\u00a0 emerging political\u00a0 re engineering and alignments \u00a0in the state.<\/p>\n

According to the sources, \u00a0\u00a0there were feelers that majority of the affected chairmen sometime last year attended a meeting convened by the Minister Nyeson without clearance from the governor. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The source said the governor merely used their lateness to his recent meeting as an excuse to nail them for attending that meeting convened by his political rival.<\/p>\n

How true the foregoing was remains an issue of speculations.\u00a0\u00a0 But observers of political events in the state said if the suspension of the chairmen had to do with their lateness to the meeting the governor had, then it was like using a sledge hammer to kill a fly.<\/p>\n

Also last week,\u00a0 the governor swore in 15 Special Advisers, two Commissioners and a Chief of Staff for Government House.\u00a0 Some within the PDP in the state believed that the choice of the Chief of Staff, Mr. Tony Okocha was to further whittle down the political influence of the Minister, Bar Nyesom.<\/p>\n

Saturday Vanguard gathered that the relationship between the Minister and the new Chief of Staff went sourly while the latter was Caretaker Committee Chairman of Obio Akpo, the local government where the Minister hails from.\u00a0 Bar Nyesom it would be recalled was also a two time Chairman of the same local government.<\/p>\n

It is the opinion of some that the Minister seems to have more grassroot advantage within the PDP.\u00a0 And it was probably because of this that he emerged Director General of Amaechi Re election campaign while the governor ran for his second term in office.<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that Amaechi and Nyesom struck an understanding while the latter was Chairman Obio Akpo local government and the former was Speaker of the House of Assembly. \u00a0Nyesom was firmly with Amaechi \u00a0when he battled to reclaim his mandate from deposed governor Celestine Omehia. Probably, his unwavering support for Amaechi resulted in his appointment as Chief of Staff during the first term of the governor.<\/p>\n

As Chief of Staff, Nyesom was apparently very powerful and influential in the political structure.\u00a0 Some party stalwarts described him then as the only aide of the governor that could reverse the governor\u2019s order without consulting with the governor.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Amaechi was sworn in as governor for his second term, Nyesom became Minister of State for Education.\u00a0\u00a0 Some in Nyesom\u2019s camp held that the governor merely recommended him for appointment as a Minister and left him to push for his confirmation. But those on the side of the governor maintained a different view.<\/p>\n

They said the governor did not at any time abandon Nyesom after he recommended him for the appointment.\u00a0 In the opinion of many, the PDP should act fast to reconcile these two political giants in the state for the party to remain a cohesive force.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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