President Bola Tinubu met with Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and other stakeholders in the oil-rich state on Thursday.
The meeting was place at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital, and was also attended by Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister and the immediate former governor of Rivers State.
Governor Fubara, who led stakeholders to visit the President, argued for the repair of the East-West Road.
Speaking to journalists after the meeting, Onueze Okocha, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), said the East-West Road is critical to the Port Harcourt Refinery, which the current administration has promised to reactivate.
He said the Rivers State stakeholders are also in the Villa to commend President Tinubu for appointing sons and daughters of the state into his cabinet and other positions.
Among those appointed by Tinubu are Wike and the Special Adviser to the President on Media, Ajuri Ngelale.
According to Okocha, the Rivers State people are happy with the appointments and are optimistic that the appointees will make the state proud.
He also reacted to protests by some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State over the appointment of Wike, a former governor under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Noting that the protesters have the right to protest, Okocha stated that they do not represent the views of the people.
He added that the action of President Tinubu shows that he represents the interest of all Nigerians irrespective of their political or other affiliations.