In a bid to achieve sustainable peace in Rivers state the Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, has publicly declared his support for the Rainbow Coalition, a political structure led by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike..
Gov. Fubara made the declaration Wednesday in Port Harcourt while flagging off the Riven Medical Industry.
According to him sustainable peace in Rivers State is paramount, saying that informs his reason to embrace Wike-led group, and announce same publicly.
He said that following this decision, he is going to suppor all the candidates of the Rainbow Coalition, including the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Hon Kingsley Chinda and President Ahmed Bola Tinubu 2027 re-election bid.
The Governor posited further that as a loyal member of the APC, he has also become a member of the Rainbow Coalition, a political group put together by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to advance the interests of the ruling party in State.
He charged his supporters across the state to join him in supporting the ambitions of Tinubu, Chinda and all the other candidates of the APC in Rivers State in the forthcoming general elections.
“We have made peace in the state and I am supporting our Rainbow Coalition. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is our president and is the one we are supporting. O K Chinda is the governorship candidate that I am supporting and anybody who believes in me politically will support him and every other candidate that is under the Rainbow Coalition.
” I’ve gone back to our family. So, please, whoever you are, give your total support to the Rainbow Coalition. We need to move forward. The time of war is over. It is time for peace and this peace is taking us to another level.
“I want this to be made clear to everybody. So, don’t go anywhere and say you’re supporting Fubara . My position is this: I have said it here and clearly for everyone to hear. If you’re not hearing well, use cotton wool to clean your ears and let it enter well. I’m not party to anything that will bring any form of disunity in this state. I’ve done what I needed to do and we are moving forward,” the Governor reiterated.
Governor Fubara described the Riven Medical Industries Project as a positive development for the State, but warned against a repeat of the ugly experiences in the past where some investors were given the opportunity to operate in the State only to renege on some aspects of the agreement, leading to litigations.
According to the Governor, his administration endorsed the project out of the conviction that the new investors have the capacity and commitment to deliver on the mandate to revive the project, create jobs and boost economic development in the State.
He charged the investors to endeavour to keep to the timelines and ensure that the first phase of the project will be successfully achieved in the next three months.
He warned that the host communities and the leadership of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council, to give their maximum support to the project and avoid anything that could disrupt its smooth operations.
The Riven Medical Industries Project is a landmark Public-Private Partnership (PPP) between the Rivers State Government and Enbay Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, and represents one of the State’s most strategic investments in industrialization, healthcare, and economic development.
The project is being implemented through Riven Medical Industries Limited, the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) established by Enbay Pharmaceutical Industries Limited to revive and redevelop the former Integrated Medical Industries (IMI) into a world-class pharmaceutical manufacturing complex.
When completed, the facility will manufacture pharmaceutical formulations, gelatine capsules, intravenous (IV) infusions, and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API), significantly expanding Nigeria’s local pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity.
The project is expected to create thousands of direct and indirect employment opportunities, stimulate technology transfer, attract local and foreign investment, and position Rivers State as a leading pharmaceutical manufacturing hub in Nigeria.
