Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has taken a swipe at his political detractors saying he is currently building a psychiatric hospital for their benefit.

Fubara who was speaking at the inter-denominational church thanksgiving service organized as part of activities marking the 64th Independence Day celebration of Nigeria, held at St. Paul’s Cathedral of the Anglican Communion at Garrison Junction in Port Harcourt on Sunday, September 29 said he had done better in a year than the previous administration did in eight years.

He said: “They even say, they don’t know what we are doing. Let me remind them that it is Fubara who signed the paper to borrow from Zenith Bank the N200bn for the construction of the Port Harcourt Ring Road. So, it is my project.

“It is Fubara that awarded the Trans-Kalabari Road that they couldn’t do. They only did a bridge from Krakrama, but I am the one doing it: the complete span, and it is N22bn. I didn’t borrow.

“It is this same Fubara that is building a General Hospital, which I also included a psychiatric hospital because they will need it very soon. So, tell them that what I did in one year is what they did in eight years.

“It is only empty containers that make noise. If God has given you an opportunity, eat your plantain and keep quiet. God will continue to give us the strength to do the best for our people, without fear.”

Fubara insisted that if his political enemies continued to deride the grace of God in his life, they would continue to struggle for needless public recognition that depicted how much they had fallen out of grace.”

His comment comes 24 hours after former governor and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, at a reception on Saturday in his honour by the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress, mocked Fubara for resorting to joining the Action Peoples Party, saying he would teach the governor how to play politics.

At the event, the Executive Director of Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Boma Iyaye, apologised to Wike for Fubara’s alleged misdeeds.

Wike slammed his detractors, especially the Fubara’s camp for opting for the APP as their alternative political party.

He said: “Imagine in Rivers; they are contemplating APP. It is not about money. Money does not move. You can have all the money but if there is no capacity there is no capacity.

“All the things you see are people envious of our growth. We have defeated them severally and if opportunity comes again, we will defeat them."

“We have not started politics; when the time comes, we will play politics. Our job is politics. Tell them to keep their party ready. We will teach them what is called politics,” Wike added.