Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said a new political structure that is people -oriented will emerge in Rivers State after the local government election slated for Oct. 5
Fubara said this when he received members of ‘The Simplicity Movement’ in Government House, Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Nelson Chukwudi, quoted Fubara as saying this when he received the group led by Chief Sobomabo Jackrich, a candidate of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) in the 2023 gubernatorial election.
Responding to the level of public support demonstrated by the group, the governor promised to continue to defend the integrity of the state in the face of ongoing political challanges.
“We must defend the dignity of our state, we must ensure that the commonwealth of this state belongs to everyone.
”This is the reason for our slogan ‘Rivers First’.
‘We believe that if we put the interest of the state above personal gains, we would have addressed the challanges associated with crime, hunger and unemployment,” the governor said.
He urged the electorate to freely participate in the election.
The governor also said that the election when concluded would help his administration chart the second phase of its struggle.
Recall that loyalists of the governor are contesting the local government election on the platform of Action People’s Party, APP instead of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the party on which platform Fubara was elected into office.
This followed the takeover of the structure of the PDP in Rivers by former governor of the state and incumbent FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike who has been involved in the struggle to control the political structure in the state with Fubara.
The Rivers State Governor had allegedly directed his loyalists who are caretaker committees
(NAN)