Rivers Guber: Group Advocates Rotation Among Senatorial Districts

A socio-political group in
Rivers State, the Rivers Ethics and Conducts Group (RECOG) has called for a rotation of governorship seats among the three Senatorial Districts in Rivers State. The group has also  rejected rotation of the office of governor among ethnic nationalities in the state, describing it as unweilding
The spokesman of the group, Mr Emmanuel Alatonye Uriah who made the call recently in a chat with The Tide in Port Harcourt, said, rotation of elective offices along ethnic lines would not promote principle of equity and justice as the state comprises of over 20 ethnic groups.
Mr Uriah stated that with over seven ethnic groups in each of the Senatorial Districts in the State, it would be easier for a senatorial district to reach a consensus on which local government or ethnic group to produce governorship  and other elective positions without resulting to injustice.
He, however, expressed the group’s readiness to support any governorship candidate from the Rivers South East Senatorial District, irrespective of the political party.
According to him, since the Rivers West and Rivers East Senatorial Districts had produced governors for four good uninterrupted times since 1999, it was imperative that the Rivers South- East be allowed to produce the next governor of the State in 2015.
The RECOG’s spokesman frowned at the increasing culture of impunity by public office holders in the country, saying, such undemocratic acts would undermine the nation’s hard-earned democracy.
He also urged politicians to imbibe an issue-based politics devoid of violence and bitterness in their campaign for elective offices.

Enoch Epelle