A group of women from the 23 local
government areas of Rivers State on Tuesday expressed the need for a
governor from the riverine area of the state in 2019......
The women, who spoke in Port Harcourt
under the aegis of the Rivers Women Alliance, said a governor from the
coastal area of the state became imperative for the sake of equity,
fairness and justice.
The coordinator of the group, Ibiba
Omotoso, said, “To our thinking and that of every rational thinker, from
1999 to 2019, the state has been governed by the upland brothers
spanning from Dr Peter Odili, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi to Nyesom Wike.
“It is only fair for every Rivers son
and daughter to rally round a riverine governor to taste the seat of
power in our dear state. Equity, fairness, justice, and togetherness has
been advocated, but how can we achieve these without practice.
“This is why we call on all Rivers
elders, the political class, traditional rulers, youths, women and every
facet of life in Rivers to join hands so that our call and advocacy of
truth, fairness, equity, justice, and togetherness can be a fulfilled
will.”
Omotoso added that it was necessary for
all concerned in a common heritage to be allowed to have a fair share of
the commonwealth in service, saying, “The deliberate assent to this
clarion call to rotate power is just, finest and clinches the order of
the day.”
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