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2023: ‘Wike Has Capacity To Solve Nigeria’s Problems’

Ahead of 2023 general election in the country, a renowned traditional ruler and Paramount Ruler of Apara Kingdom in Rivers State, Eze Worlu Wodo, has said that Governor Nyesom Wike has the capacity and political will to solve Nigerian problems.
The monarch insisted that Wike was competent, capable and has all it takes to become the president of Nigeria without bias come 2023.
The first class traditional ruler stated this in his palace while reacting to the governor’s declaration to contest for the office of the president, last weekend.
He described Wike’s 2023 Presidential declaration as a bold step for all to encourage, and called on Nigerians to support his ambition to rescue the nation.
“We really want somebody like Governor Nyesom Wike to go and stand for Nigerians as president come 2023.
“We have confidence in him. Wike is a dogged politician and administrator every Nigerian should support in 2023 elections”, he said.
“As a pragmatic leader”, the monarch said, “if elected as the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Wike would tackle insecurity, insurgency, kidnapping and fix the bad roads across the county.
“Let Nigerians give Governor Nyesom Wike a chance to run for the office of the president of this country. I strongly believe we shall not regret it”, he said.
Describing Wike as a detribalised politician, the first class Ikwerre traditional ruler called on Nigerians to forget sentiments and tribalism in choosing their next president, adding that Wike should be given a chance to govern the country.
“I am encouraging every right thinking Nigerian, irrespective of tribe to forget sentiments and tribalism, and give Wike a chance to govern Nigeria”.
The monarch noted that Wike would “transform the country’s economy in terms of development with limited resources, improve the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), tackle insecurity across all nooks and crannies, if voted into power as president”.
On insecurity and insurgency ravaging the nation, Wodo said that Wike, if given the chance to govern and fix the broken system, every aspect of the Nigeria would enjoy the dividend of democracy.
He called on the political class to stop playing politics with the security of lives and property, noting that Boko Haram and some acts of insurgency in the North were man-made.
“By the time Wike is voted into power as president of this country, problems of insurgency, Boko Haram, banditry and herdsmen killings would be a thing of the past”, he said.
On the nation’s poor economy, the monarch said Wike has all it takes to reposition the economy for global reckoning.
“Wike would alleviate poverty in the land provide jobs for the teeming youths and improve lives of average Nigerian.
“We have a strong economy that can make everybody comfortable and happy, but politicians are playing politics with our lives, which Wike would not subscribe to”.
The monarch, who insisted that the South-South should not be excluded from the presidency of this country, said, it was not the birth right of any region or geopolitical zone to produce a president always.
He noted that the South-South was the producer of the nation’s crude oil, adding that the region should not be denied of justice, fairness and equity in producing the president.
The traditional ruler called on politicians from the region to support Wike’s 2023 Presidential ambition to better the region and the nation at large in the forthcoming elections.
By: Chinedu Wosu
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RSG Tasks Rural Dwellers On RAAMP …As Sensitization Team Visits Akulga, Degema, Three Others

Rivers State Head of Service, Dr (Mrs) Inyingi Brown, has called on rural communities in the State to embrace the Rural Access and Agricultural marketing project (RAAMP) with a view to improving their living conditions.
This follows the ongoing sensitization campaign by the State Project Implementation Unit (SPIU) visits to Degema, Abonnema, Afam headquarters of Degema, Akuku Toru and Oyigbo Etche and Omuma local government areas respectively.
Dr Brown who was represented by the Deputy Director, Special Duties in her office, Mrs Dein Akpanah, said RAAMP was initiated by the Federal Government and World Bank to economically empower rural dwellers.s
She said the World Bank understands the plights of rural farmers and traders in the State, and therefore came up with the programme to address them.
According to her, RAAMP will improve the conditions of farmers, traders and fishermen, and therefore, behoves on every rural communities in the State to embrace the programme.
The Head of Service also said the programme would support the youths to be gainfully employed while bridges and roads will be built to link farms and fishing settlements.
Also speaking, the State project coordinator, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the programme has the potential of creating millionaires among farmers and fishermen in the State.
Kpakol who was represented by Engr. Sam Tombari, said RAAMP would help farmers and fishermen to preserve their produce.
According to him, the project will build cold rooms and Silos for preservation of crops and fishes while access roads will also be created to link farmers and fishermen to the market.
He, however, warned them against any act that will lead to the suspension of the projects by the World Bank.
Kpakol particularly warned against acts such as kidnapping, marching ground, gender based violence and child labour, adding that such acts if they occur may lead to the cancellation of the project by the World Bank.
During the visit to Oyigbo local government area, Mr Joshua Kpakol, said the team was there to let them know how they will benefit from the Raamp.
The coordinator who was personally at Oyigbo said the World Bank introduced the project to check food insecurity in the State.
He said already 19 states in Nigeria are already benefitting from the project and called on them to embrace the project.
Meanwhile, stakeholders in the three local government areas have commended the World Bank for including their areas in the project.
They, however, complained over the incessant attacks by pirates on their waterways.
At Degema, King Agolia of Ke kingdom said land was a major problem in the kingdom.
King Agolia represented by High Chief Alpheus Damiebi said many indigenes of the kingdom are willing to go into farming but are handicapped by lack of land.
Also at Degema, the representative of the Omu Onyam Ekeim of Usokun Degema kingdom, Osoabo Isaac, said Degema has embraced the programme but needed more information on the implementation of the programme.
Similarly, while High Chief Precious Abadi advised that the project should not be narrowed to only crop farming, a community women leader, Mrs Orikinge Eremabo Otto, called for the construction of cold rooms in all fishing settlements in the area.
At Abonnema, Mr Diamond Kio linked the problem of the area to incessant piracy along waterways.
He also expressed fears over the possibility of the project being hijacked by politicians.
Also at Abonnema, a stakeholder, Ikiriko Kelvin, called on the World Bank to design an agricultural project that will suit the riverine environment, while at Oyigbo, HRH Eze Boniface Akawo expressed satisfaction with the project.
John Bibor
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Senate Replaces Natasha As Committee Chairman

The political mudslinging between the Senate leadership and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan continued yesterday as the Senate named Senator Aniekan Bassey as the new Chairman of the Committee on Diaspora and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced the appointment during yesterday’s plenary, confirming Bassey’s replacement of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is currently on suspension.
Akpoti-Uduaghan was reassigned to the Diaspora and NGOs Committee in February after she was removed as Chair of the Senate Committee on Local Content during a minor reshuffle.
Bassey is the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District.
Although no reason was given for her removal yesterday, the change is believed to be connected to her unresolved suspension.
In May, Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court ordered her reinstatement and directed her to tender an apology to the Senate.
However, the Senate has insisted it has not received a certified true copy of the court judgment.
Akpoti-Uduaghan who represents Kogi Central, has yet to resume her legislative duties despite a recent court ruling that voided her suspension.
In a televised interview on Tuesday, Akpoti-Uduaghan said she was awaiting the Certified True Copy of the judgment before officially returning to plenary, citing legal advice and respect for institutional process.
Although the Federal High Court described her suspension as “excessive and unconstitutional”, a legal opinion dated July 5 and attributed to the Senate’s counsel, Paul Daudu (SAN), argued that the ruling lacked any binding directive to enforce her reinstatement.
Akpoti-Uduaghan, one of only three female senators in the current assembly, said the continued delay in allowing her return was not only a denial of her mandate but also a blow to democratic representation.
“By keeping me out of the chambers, the Senate is not just silencing Kogi Central, it’s denying Nigerian women and children representation. We are only three female senators now, down from eight,” she said.
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