, the state’s cabinet has still not been formed due to what political observers perceive as intrigues for 2023 politics.
Similarly, earlier in May, while playing host to the Charge d’affairs, Embassy of Netherlands, Mrs. Marian Van De Cappello in Port Harcourt, the Governor stated that his new cabinet would comprise 40 percent youths. “Governorship position in Rivers State is either you are anointed or you seize it. That is how governors have been produced in Rivers State since 1999. Those days when a president and one or two stakeholders put heads together to produce governor here is gone. So it is more of you seizing it. Attempt to use the military brought another angle to seizing power, but it didn’t work. Let’s hope that by 2023 something will happen either by mistake” he said.
But the Governor has come under sharp criticism from political commentators in the state who have argued that absence of a full-fledged cabinet three months after his swearing-in violates moral norms. They insisted that a cabinet must be formed without procrastination so that the administration can address the living conditions of the Rivers people and the economic, social and political issues facing the state.
“Investors don’t like uncertainty. They need to be sure; they need to see your action. They need to see your direction and your fiscal policy. They need to know who is your commissioner of Finance, Budget, Commerce and all. And the instance they don’t see these things, it causes people to be skeptical in not investing in the state. That is what this kind of situation is causing. Businesses don’t like uncertainty.
“Because if you appoint certain persons and you give them a portfolio to assist the governor to manage the state, it removes a lot of burden from the governor. It also means there is a focus on the delivery of development to the people. But when you don’t have that kind of responsibilities allocated that means governance will be very much constricted; every power and decision rests with the governor and that is not good for democracy.
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