2019: PDP national assembly caucus endorses Wike for second tenure
*Says Wike has done more than all APC governors put together
Preparatory to the 2019 general elections, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus of the National Assembly has endorsed Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State for a second tenure as governor of the state..
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, declared that the endorsement was a fallout of Governor Wike’s excellent performance, which he said has transformed Rivers State.
Senator Ekweremadu spoke on Wednesday when he commissioned the Ulakwo II-Afara-Nihi Road in Etche Local Government Area constructed by the Wike administration.
He said: “If you take the statistics and look at what Governor Wike has done in two years, I can safely say that he has done more than all APC Governors put together.”
The Deputy Senate President said that Governor Wike has changed the story of Rivers State from a state where insecurity was rife eight years before to the centre of development projects in the country.
Ekweremadu said: “A lot more will still happen over the next six years of Governor Wike’s leadership. Governor Wike is creating economic corridors which will enhance economic development. More of Wike will transform Nigeria.”
He expressed satisfaction with the statewide execution of projects by Governor Wike, saying that the sustained commissioning of projects across Rivers State in the last three weeks indicated that the governor was a true example of good governance.
Speaking at the occasion, the Rivers State governor stated that only the PDP could salvage Nigeria, “because leaders of the party had the right vision for the development of the country.”
He stated that while the APC preferred giving excuses for non performance, the PDP has remained committed to the delivery of quality projects.
The governor berated the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) for trying to play politics with the development of the state. He warned the Managing Director of NDDC “against taking further steps to undermine development of Rivers State as the people would resist him.”
He assured Etche people that he would continue to execute people oriented projects to cater for their developmental needs, adding that in the next five weeks, his administration would commission two other roads in Etche and flag off a road.
The member Representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency, Chief Jerome Eke, described the roads constructed by Governor Wike in Etche Land as life saving. He said the economic and political relevance of the roads would be felt during the next campaign.
Also speaking, the Rivers State Works Commissioner, Iheanyichuwu Bathuel, said that the 8-kilometre road was constructed to link communities in the area.
The Managing Director of Lubrik Construction Company, Golbert Sassine, in his own speech, said that the Rivers State Government had paid in full for the construction of the road.
