CALL TO GOVERNOR AMAECHI TO PAY ME FOR SERVICES RENDERED TO HIM AND HIS
GOVERNMENT. FRIENDS NOW CALL ME A TRAITOR/SABOTUER………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 many collection of Port Harcourt Artistes:
- Wande Coal and the Mo. Hits Records crew
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 Govt 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 my 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 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 current
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 the 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 right, whereas I have also not charged the Rivers
State government my usual professional appearance fee on events, the
present chief of staff to river state government Mr Tony Okocha and
Senator Magnus Abe are my witness on this.
Meanwhile due to the multi-lingual nature of Rivers State as a result of
different ethnic nationalities, 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 did their business 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 which 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 Rivers State
carnival committee, and due to their secret nature of meeting and
deliberating on carnival issues, my fellow artistes constantly accused
me of not caring 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 also, I need to clear the air on this issue which made a lot of
artiste 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, because 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 know Gov Amaechi to
tell him to pay me my money in the name of GOD.
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