Tonye Cole, No Match For Wike -Rivers PDP …Obuah Lauds Gov’s Achievements

Rivers State PDP Campaign Council says the factional governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Arch Tonye Cole is a political neophyte and lacks the requisite public service experience and exposure to govern a multi-ethnic and complex state like Rivers.
A press statement issued yesterday in Port Harcourt by the Director of Information and Communications, Emma Okah said only enemies of the State will prescribe a pupil to a teacher in a contest that requires tact, maturity and expertise to excel.
“Ordinarily, the PDP would not have bothered to campaign in Rivers State if Arch Cole is the APC candidate but the joy of a free and fair contest is the lesson the loser learns. It teaches him that a child cannot be older than his father,” Okah said, noting that Tonye Cole should have started campaigning since 2011 if he truly means to battle a political collosus like Governor Nyesom Wike.
According to Okah, those who love Rivers State can never prefer an unrepentant Lagosian who does not know the cultural and political terrain of his ethnic nationality let alone the state to aspire to govern Rivers State.
“Suggesting that Arch Cole should govern Rivers State at this time is to set the state ten years behind as he would spend so much time learning the ropes, names of the various towns and communities that make up his Kingdom, learn to speak his native language, names of the various local government areas and headquarters, names of key members of his party, names of VIPs in the state etc” the statement added.
Okah said the people of Rivers State have learnt their lessons and would not allow a stooge who cannot be his man to preside over the affairs of the State.
“Rivers people do not want selfish and greedy merchants who would buy off valued state assets at cheap prices but will vote for a man they know and have been seeing. The man who has been council chairman, State Campaign Coordinator, Super Minister, a Bencher and sitting Governor. Governor Wike made promises to develop the state during the 2015 campaigns and three years down the road, he has fulfilled his promises, wining multiple awards and even doing more for Rivers people”
Meanwhile, the Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bro. Felix Obuah has joined millions of Rivers people to commemorate the successful entry into the New Year 2019, even as he applauded the monumental achievements of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.
In his New Year Message which was signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam, the PDP Chairman charged people of the State to embrace the New Year with a grateful heart as God has been faithful in preserving their lives throughout the year 2018.
Bro. Obuah enjoined the people and the teeming supporters of the PDP not to be swayed by the current economic hardship foisted on Nigerians by the wrong economic policies of the All Progressives Congress (APC)-controlled federal government, but rather thank God for keeping everyone alive.
He expressed the hope that 2019 would be fruitful and rewarding, and appealed to everyone to join faith with Governor Nyesom Wike as he strives to improve the lives and wellbeing of Rivers people.
The Chairman described year 2019 as crucial, in view of the General Elections which begin on 16th February, 2019, saying that the general elections provide an ample opportunity to once more reject the APC by voting for all the candidates of the PDP in all the elections.
Bro. Obuah urged Rivers people not to be intimidated by the antics, lies and evil propaganda which are the trademarks of the APC, adding that the party has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that it lacked capacity to govern Nigeria.
The PDP Chairman noted that Governor Nyesom Wike has proven, even to his die-hard critics that good governance is possible in Rivers State, by fulfilling all the promises he made to the people before, during and after the 2015 general elections.
He said it is in recognition of the unprecedented achievements of Governor Wike that the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo called him ‘Mr. Projects’, adding that the nation’s top-rated media organizations like The Sun, Authority, Leadership, Silverbird Television, etc attested to this truism by unanimously conferring the ‘Best Governor Award’ on Governor Wike.
“Time and space may fail me if I begin to catalogue all the achievements of Governor Nyesom Wike in just three and half years in office. He promised to open the courts and he did. He promised to restore the House of Assembly and he did. Befitting accommodations have been provided for judges, doctors, etc.
“There’s massive improvement on infrastructures, excellent road networks, housing development and above all, he has ensured that all sectors of the economy receive adequate attention. Civil servants and pensioners’ salaries are up-to-date”, Bro. Obuah declared.
While urging Rivers people to consolidate on the gains of Governor Wike’s fruitful administration, Bro. Obuah urged them to reciprocate the gesture by voting massively for Wike during the Governorship election.
“That would be a befitting New Year gift for Governor Wike and a good demonstration that one good term deserves another”, he said.