2015: RIVEAF Defends Search For Gov

The Rivers Leadership Advancement Foundation (RIVLEAF) says its campaign to seek for a credible successor to Governor Amaechi is devoid of sentiment and partisanship.
In a statement made available to The Tide in Port Harcourt, the Foundation said that to give credibility to the process, competent Auditing and Accounting Firms have been engaged to partner with it with a view to collating the outcome of the search.
The statement which was jointly signed by its President Mr. Alex Wele and the Secretary, Barrister Forgiven Amachree said that the campaign was non partisan and non ethnic, contending that the main focus and mission was to promote sustainable development through good governance in the state.
“The RIVLEAF SEARCH is an opinion poll mechanism open to all Rivers people to give their opinion, voice and vote for a prospective Governorship candidate in 2015 across party lines or ethnic group”.
The Foundation also said that the process was not only to ensure mass participation of the people in the enthronement of good governance but to build confidence commitment and credibility in the process.
According to the statement, “Rivers people through this search can express their opinion for a candidate of proven integrity, detribalized development oriented, accessible, God-fearing, trustworthy and reliable”.