‘PDP Delegates Congress, Mockery Of Democracy’

A Governorship Aspirant
in Rivers State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Lee Maeba, has described the ward delegates congress of the party as a sham and a mockery of democracy.
Maeba who spoke with Airport correspondents  shortly on  arrival from Abuja, Friday, said the party in the state failed to set a level playing ground for all aspirants to contest.
He said that democracy stipulates free contest, fairness in choice of representatives, alleging that forms of other aspirants sponsored by some governorship aspirants were rejected and only wrote the names of some people as delegates.
The guber aspirant said that all the other aspirants are working to ensure that the right candidate emerges from the process, but noted that “nobody can force himself on the people as leader.”
Maeba, who admitted that himself and the 16 other PDP governorships aspirants are aggrieved said when people are treated that way they could go places and that may have consequences.
“If nothing is done to redress the situation, there may be consequences and catastrophe that may disturb PDP,” he declared, while dismissing insinuations in some quarters of being an Abuja- based politician.
In another development, a House of Representatives aspirant for Andoni/Opobo Federal Constituency, Mrs Emilia Gilbert Nte, has pledged to provide a better representation for the people of the area and by extension Rivers State.
Mrs Nte, a former Andoni local government council chairman and the state coordinator of “Goodluck Handing Over to  Goodluck 2015 project,” said, her vision is to legislate on issues that will bring about good governance, development, physical infrastructure and stomach infrastructure to the people.
“I think that I will represent my people better because I made them proud as council chairman, I want my constituents to watch and judge my performance, Mrs Nte stated, promising that women would be empowered and encouraged to take up leadership positions in the future.

High Court Registrar of Rivers State, Justice Adoki (right) Commissioner for Justice Barr. Worgu Boms (middle) and Speaker Rivers State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Otelemaba Amachree (left) at Government House at the swearing-in of Local Government Area Care-takers Committee Chairmen recently.