Rivers LG Polls: Women Want ONELGA Chairmanship Slot

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has been urged to give the slot of chairmanship position of the Ogba\Egbema\Ndoni Local Government Area to a woman as a way of extending generosity, support and encouragement to women who have dedicated their resources in creating awareness for women participation in politics.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt recently, the President, Rivers State Women In Politics, Hon. Chibuzor Victoria Adiela said the choice of a woman for the chairmanship position in ONELGA for the 2020-2021 Local government Council election is long over-due.
“It will be memorable to give a woman an opportunity to head the council,” she stressed, pointing out that “women are integral part of the society whose political, socio-economic contributions to the development of contemporary society remains paramount.”
Hon Adiela urged ONELGA male politicians who had done their best in the field of politics to indeed allow their female counterpart to head the council and assured that indelible footprint would be left on the sand of time.
Fielding questions from The Tide, the president said she is the most suitable candidate for the ONELGA chairmanship position as far as PDP is concerned, and especially as she hails from the Usomini zone, expressing optimism to adopt strategic approach towards transforming the area and ameliorate plight of the people.
According to her, she is resourceful, purposeful, experienced, creative and a visionary female politician who cannot call a spade by any other name, stressing that she will effectively provide dividends of democracy to the good people of ONELGA.
Hon Adiela assured that youth restiveness will be a thing of the past as perfect peace and tranquility will be fully sustained to yield a long term benefit to the people, especially as no meaningful development could be made in the atmosphere of rancour and acrimony.
She pointed out that since the return of democracy in 1999 no woman has become local government chairman in ONELGA, stressing that the women have been abandoned and grossly marginalized over the years.
“PDP is a party that believes in justice and therefore we pray fervently that a woman politican of proven integrity, credible pedigree and vibrant outstanding should be given the mantle of leadership,” she added.

Sunny Ajie