*Amaechi A True Nationalist, Hero and Hope of the Non-Inigenes in
Rivers ––Barr. Chinye
Leader of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Governor
Rotimi Amaechi, has created what the State Commissioner for
Commerce/Industry, Barr. Chuma Chinye, described as the 24th Local
Government Area of Rivers State. The new ‘local government’ is the
Non-Indigene political pressure Group (NIPPG) in APC Rivers which,
according to Barr. Chinye, is to protect the political interests of the
over 1.5 million non-indigenes residing in Rivers State.
Barr. Chinye the Political Leader of NIPPG, who hails from Delta
State, affirmed the need to set up this structure – the first of its type
in any part of Nigeria – saying that it is in keeping with the
antecedents of Gov. Amaechi as a great leader whose patriotism is
legendary and qualifies him as a true nationalist. In short, he is the
hero and hope of the non indigenes in Rivers State if the ways he has
carried the non indigenes along in his administration are anything to
go by, Barr Chinye affirms.
The commissioner noted that Governor Amaechi has a history of
giving non-indigenes a sense of belonging, as reflected in the
composition of the State Executive Council. He pointed out that, apart
from himself, several other non-indigenes such as Mr. Ade Adeogun
from Ekiti State, who mans the powerful Sanitation Authority of Rivers
Sate, and Mr. David Iyofor, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor,
who is from Delta State, are holding key positions in the Amaechi
administration.
At a keenly contested election held in the State Secretariat of APC at
Forces Avenue, old GRA, Port Harcourt over the weekend, Chief
Uchenna Okokoba defeated the duo of Alhaji Yusuf Tanko and Chief
Williams Ubeka to emerge the Interim Coordinator of the Non-
Indigene Group in APC Rivers. In his acceptance speech, Chief
Okokoba a grass-root mobiliser declared that “the Non-Indigene
Political Pressure Group is capable and ready to ensure that all non-
indigenes in Rivers State not only join APC but also ensure that all
the party’s candidates in Rivers State come the 2015 general polls
win by a landslide as we account for about 40 percent of the
electorates in the state.” He added: “I did it for Governor Amaechi in
2011 when we mobilised the Igbos to ensure that they voted for Gov.
Amaechi.”
Inaugurating the group on behalf of the Interim State Chairman, Dr.
Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, Chief Emeka Bekee, the Interim Secretary of
APC Rivers, said: “This is yet another strong signal of the doom
awaiting PDP and other opposition parties during the 2015 elections.
I assure you of the support of the Governor and leadership of APC, so
go out and mobilse your people to ensure that APC becomes the
party to beat come 2015, seeing that Gov. Amaechi recognizes and
has made your people an integral part of his administration.”
Meanwhile, APC Rivers has concluded the harmonisation of the
different groups that came together to form the party, namely the
Legacy party comprising the defunct ANPP, ACN, CPC and NPDP in
the 23 Local Government Areas of the state.
The Interim State Chairman, Dr. Ikanya, has charged the harmonised
Steering Committee of each of the local government area to “go and
spread the gospel of APC to all the nooks and crannies of the state,
establish the Wards Steering Committees and mobilise Rivers people
to formally register with APC come February 5th, 2014, so that we can
together ensure that our common enemy (PDP) will be politically
dealt with in the incoming general elections come 2015.”
Long Life APC!
Long Life Rivers State!!
Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze
SSA Media and Public Affairs to the
Interim State Chairman, APC Rivers State
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