2015: ACD To Field Technocrat For Rivers Governorship

One of the opposition
parties in Rivers State, the Advance Congress of Democrats (ACD) may field a technocrat in the oil and gas sector as its governorship flagbearer in the 2015 general elections.
The state chairman of the party, Hon Nweke Echezolam gave this indication in Port Harcourt, last  Wednesday, in an exclusive interview with The Tide.
Echezolam said the state was rich in oil and gas and therefore required  an expert in the sector  to manage the affairs of the state.
Assuring the people of the state of better opportunities if the ACD was voted into power, Echezolam said employment opportunities, and poverty eradication would  be the cardinal  focus of the ACD  administration in the state.
According to him, Rivers State has enormous resources that could be harnessed to  cushion the effects of poverty  and unemployment  in the state.
The ACD chairman  noted that the overwhelming support the party enjoys in all the 23 local government areas of the state was an indication that the people of the state are yearning for change in the state.
Expressing optimism that the 2015 general elections would be free  and fair  in the country, Echezolam, however, urged  the people of the state not to mortgage their conscience  and future  of their children by voting for the right candidates.