CALL TO
GOVERNOR AMAECHI TO PAY ME FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO HIM AND HIS GOVERNMENT.
FRIENDS NOW CALL ME A TRAITOR/SABOTEUR.………DUNCAN MIGHTY
"It is
on record that on the 30th of March 2011, I, Mr. Okechukwu Duncan Mighty single
handedly organized a Celebrity Youth Endorsement Concert in Port Harcourt where
I successfully endorsed over 18,000 youths who are eligible voters for the
Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi
During the
organization of the event under the express approval of the Governor of Rivers
State and his cabinet, he gave me the sum of Ten Million Naira through the then
secretary to the state Govt. Senator Magnus Abe which totally went into the
project. The Governor also gave me his word that the balance of Fifty Million
Naira will be paid to me as soon as possible.
In pursuit
of the said project, I thereafter raised funds through different sources
including personal savings, loans and credit facilities, acquired operational
vehicles and branded them for the project, procured several souvenirs, printed
many publicity materials, paid for venues, engaged musicians from different
parts of the country, undertook logistics such as flight/Accommodation/Transportation
and welfare.
The event
featured the following A List artistes, comedians and a collection of many Port
Harcourt Artistes:
Wande Coal
and the Mo. Hits Records crew
Flavour
Banky W
M.I
Ice Prince
Timaya
Stereo Man
Terry G
Jesse Jags
Dj Jimmyjatt
I go die
I go save
And lots
more.
The project
was concluded as scheduled and the results were achieved, but since then it has
become almost impossible to have an audience with the Governor so as to get my
balance.
I also
visited the Government House on several occasions, and all efforts to get my
money proved abortive.
However, the
last straw that broke the camel's back was when the governor systematically
started avoiding my calls and personal visits in a bid to deprive me of the
balance of the money for a job which I successfully executed.
It is also
on record that I have not charged the Rivers State Government a single dime of
m y professional appearance fee, due to my personal reason/resolve to give back
to the society which made me, starting from the government of Rivers State as a
mark of honor and respect.
The rumor
mills have it that the Governor of Rivers State has given me juicy contracts
including all manner of flashy cars, but I stand here today to debunk such
tales, because I have not received as much as a bicycle spoke from Governor
Amaechi.
My love for
the Ikwerre ethnic nationality, the Niger Delta project and the Nigerian dream
has seen me working for virtually everything I own today because there is
dignity in labour, hence I can never resort to cheap blackmail or character
assassination of any person, group or association, therefore I stand to make
this declaration that all I am asking for is the payment of my money, thus,
this should not be seen as a political campaign of any sort.
Permit me to
bring to your notice, the fact that many of his personal aids and security
details have come to me severally, soliciting for financial assistance which I
have usually offered them without any hesitation, not knowing that they all
have the notion that their boss, Governor Amaechi has been favoring me through
contracts, meanwhile this is not also true.
I have tried
frantically on several occasions to meet with the Governor one on one so as to
resolve this issue but all to no avail.
Most
recently I was invited to a dinner between the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN)
and the Governor of Rivers State. Immediately after my performance at the said
event inside Government House I ran after the Governor to demand for my money
in my usual way, but to my utmost bewilderment the Governor unequivocally told
me point blank that I should remember that when we did that transaction he was
still working with his former chief of staff, Hon. Nyesom Wike who is now the
minister of state for education. This is exactly what prompted me to take this
decision of writing this article in other to recover the money which I worked
to earn.
This issue
also led to the problem that transpired on Friday, the 23rd of May 2014 when I
got to the Government House gate at 8am, one of the security details named Mr.
Jude rudely ordered me to park my car outside the gate, a situation which led
to a scuffle and heated argument between me and the said security officer, as a
result of this I subsequently held a meeting with my staff on the way forward
concerning this same issue after which we agreed that we should channel the
ongoing matter through the Office of the Chief Press Secretary to the governor
Mr David Iyofor. This we did and the cps after hearing the story promised to
help contact the governor who happens to be his boss, but to my chagrin the
chief press secretary rather stopped taking my calls up till this moment.
Prior to
this time I have not played any event for the commissioners and other cabinet
members due to the fact that they thought they couldn't afford to pay my
appearance fee because I was the governors favorite hence will be unaffordable
to them; a predicament that I have also managed to live with, while my friends,
family members, staff and fans have all concluded that I have betrayed them by
going behind to collect huge sums of money for events at the Government House
without giving them their own.
I have also
not charged the rivers state government my usual professional appearance fee on
events. The present chief of staff to Rivers State Government Mr Tony Okocha
and Senator Magnus Abe are my witnesses on this.
meanwhile
due to the multi-lingual nature of Rivers State as a result of different
ethnicities, I decided to record a song which I titled PORT HARCOURT BOY where
I mentioned the names of various prominent men who have made their mark at one
point or the other; even people from other states who lived and conducted their
businesses in Port Harcourt as a way of promoting and uniting the state.
Shortly
afterwards the general public started saying that Governor Amaechi has been the
one behind my career success claiming that he bought me all manner of flashy
cars and pays me huge amount of money regularly, meanwhile since I finished the
project for the governor he virtually declined paying me the outstanding
balance as agreed upon our transaction.
It is also a
known fact that before amnesty was given DUNCAN MIGHTY was the first artiste in
the entire Niger Delta to embrace the creeks all over the country, using my
music to promote peace in the region, encouraging the youths to shun cultism,
youth restiveness and other social vices.
The entire
entertainment industry within the Niger Delta region actually believed that I
was constantly favored by the governor hence they all came to me in 2011
pleading with me to become the chapter president of performing musicians
association of Nigeria (PMAN), a move I constantly rejected so that I can
concentrate on my career.
All this
while God has been my source of inspiration and survival; my pillar of strength
and protection.
It was also
rumored that I was appointed a member of river state carnival committee, and
due to their secret nature of meeting and deliberating on carnival issues, my
fellow artistes constantly accused me of not carrying them along, an accusation
which I've always struggled to debunk till date.
Moreover, my
passion for going all the way to contribute my quota to the development of the
entertainment industry in the Niger Delta and Nigeria as a whole was born out
of genuine interest, love and previous roles as a professional audio engineer
who has worked for many international brands at different capacities.
More so, I
need to clear the air on this issue which made a lot of artistes who I was
owing some outstanding balance to call me a traitor, saboteur, saying that I
have betrayed them by refusing to pay them when in the actual sense I have not
received further payment from the Governor. Since I didn't want any further
trouble arising from this issue, I had to pay them out of my pocket from my own
funds.
Once more, I
will like to state that this has nothing to do with party politics, I am
seriously appealing to everyone who knows Governor Amaechi to tell him to pay
me my money in the name of God
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