Group Urges Members To Support PDP

A political pressure group, The Coalition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Support Groups has been formally inaugurated in Rivers State with a call on members to holistically embrace the party and resist any temptation to be lured by other parties.
Chairman of the group, Barrister Ebenezer Erewari Osarosaka in an address, during the occasion in Port Harcourt said that the members wholeheartedly participated in the 2019 general elections which returned Governor Nyeasom Ezenwo Wike for a second term and pledged the support and loyalthy of the group to the growth and success of the PDP in future election while appealing to the leadership of the party and the governor to carry the members along in the scheme of governance, including appointments into political positions.
Speaking, the PDP women leader in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area, Barrister Comfort Uche Agumagu recalled that the coalition worked tirelessly for the party during the past gubernatorial election in Rivers State and thanked God for the governor’s victories at the poll and the election tribunal.
Barr. Agumagu who is the also the state coordinator of Women Solidarity Movement said that it has become crystal clear that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is no longer in place in the State and enjoined members of the PDP to unite and form a formidable political bloc preparatory to the next election in 2023 in order to remain in control of the state.
She urged women in the state to support the Governor Wike-led government which according to her, has shown love by enabling women to be relevant in governance and appealed to the governor to give them more opportunities in political appointments to serve the state.
On his part, the chairman, inauguration committee, Hon Edwin Ibanichuka said that the group was made up of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), CEOs and GBOs totaling about 450 members that registered with the Wike/Atiku Campaign Organisation during the last general elections and congratulated the PDP on its victory.

Shedia Okpara