A trip to Port Harcourt, Rivers State provides the opportunity to voyage into the garden city. What you will see in the quick tour of Port-Harcourt and its environs reminds one of the saying of Napoleon Hill that “whatever the mind can conceive and believe, that it can achieve with utmost ease,” Indeed, Mr Amaechi's concept of a working Rivers State has today transformed Rivers State to its past and even better glories.
Interestingly, Mr. Amaechi's transformation of Rivers State is not a happen stance, rather it came through planned voyage, uncommon and painstaking strategies only known to bookmakers. This is salutary especially because men and women who desire to make the difference in the life of their people are consistently confronted with thorns and thistles laid by men which only the brave and courageous can dismantle.

In the area of road construction for instance the ambitious programme of the Amaechi administration has seen the opening and dualisation of several roads like Elikahia, Rumuola, Ikwerre roads as well as the expansion of popular Aba Road. That's not all, the crushing of shanties and squalors which dotted the streets of Port Harcourt and its environs have also attempted a regain of the garden city almost to what it is used to be in the 50's and 60's.

Instructively, Port-Harcourt is not only the beneficiary of the road expansion network, mini cities like Ahoada, Buguma, Okrika, Elele, Eleme,Ogu including its environs have also had their fair share of road transformation in the last three years. Aside Road network, other infrastructure like water and light projects are also commanding the attention of the youthful Governor.

Perhaps an area that the Amaechi administration must be applauded is that of resource optimization which had seen the administration utilizes all available resource optimally and for the benefit of the citizenry while also plugging leaking holes. To date, all earnings accruing to Rivers state including investments and Liabilities are public knowledge while white elephant projects which gulp money unnecessarily have all been yanked off the shelf, saving millions of Naira.

The internally generated revenue which has seen better figures and proper accounting lately is one more achievement the Amaechi administration enthroned to make Rivers State self sustaining and less dependent on Federal allocation. Observes also say the greatest achievement of the Amaechi administration is in the area of crime control and enthronement of safety modules.

Today the state is safe both to blacks and white, Christian and Moslems while the issue of cult group activities and kidnappings are almost becoming a thing of the past while investors and certain grades of workers who left the state in the wake of militant and criminal activities then are trooping back, the private sector economy is booming again especially in the area of oil and gas and mechanized agriculture. Undoubtedly, the improved private sector economy has opened up job opportunities for youths who hitherto got themselves mined in the kidnapping ring.

That's not all, the less endowed among the ex-militants have been fully integrated, at Aluu near Port-Harcourt where they will be trained in various skills
I sports and youth development Mr Ameachi has put in excellent plans by restoring most of play fields particularly in old Port Harcourt Township and has all insisted on good sports arena for the new primary school building embarked upon in all the LGA of Rivers State. Just to mention but a few. No 6 field is ready for commissioning, No 5 field has work ongoing for the Lawn Tennis Court, work will soon commence on No 3 field and Basket ball court. Indeed Port Harcourt will surely return to its glory state.

Not also forgotten as an achievement of the Amaechi administration is the general sense of belonging given to people from several tribes who have made Rivers State their home even before Nigeria gained independence in 1960. It is difficult as I write to know who is Ibo, Efik, Ikwerre, Ibibio, Kalabiri, Yoruba or Hausa in Rivers State. Apart from the above, these people have unfettered access to the Governor and several government officials even as they are non indigenes.

Already several Rivers people rich and poor, young or old educated or illiterate have continued to salute the gubernatorial skills of Mr Amaechi. Describing his government as one whose time has indeed come. Rivers People have described the government as God ordained. “We are once again having the best of our time with the Amaechi administration, yes, and the last we had something like this been during the Alfred Diette Spiff administration some forty years ago”.

Lots of critics of Amaechis government, have revealed there confession of what they thought this government would a continuation of the previous administration but they now know better. “He is indeed an epitome of hard work, bravery, courage and determination to succeed where others failed. I want Rivers people to encourage and support this man because he means well”.

Analysts say those who are at loss as to the transformation of Rivers State since 2007 that Mr. Amaechi took power would do well to take a second look at his inaugural speech after his swearing in. Hear him, “I will serve you with humility and above all with fear of God, I will listen to your opinion and will be guided by your views and together we will make Rivers State great again”.

Needless to say here that the average Rivers man including unrepentant critics and opponents are now agreed that indeed Mr. Chibuike Amaechi has achieved a first term performance as Governor and therefore deserves extra years to sustain the good work started in 2007. The ball therefore is in the Court of Rivers people and indeed others who live or work in the oil state to take advantage of their sovereignty come 2011 and sustain the good things that have now taken root in Rivers State in the last three years. We need not say more as we urge you to come out en mass and support GOV ROTIMI CHIBUIKE AMEACHI.
This is not a procastinative or promissory government but a government of action, eventful and sustainable projects for all and sundry.

Ibiso Iyama.