The Grassroot Development Initiative (GDI), Oyigbo Chapter, has urged members of the party in the state to close-ranks and work together to ensure victory of the party in the 2023 elections in the state.
In a statement issued in Afam, headquarters of Oyigbo LGA and signed by its Coordinator, High Chief Solomon Agom Eze, Deputy Coordinator, Hon-Loveday Okere and Secretary, Hon John Nwachukwu respectively, the group said there was serious need for reconciling all warring members of the PDP.
They said, “the house is big enough to accommodate all and sundry and also welcome lots more.
“There should be justice and a level playing ground for all, regardless of their background and class.
“We must work together if we really want to achieve the desired results. We are all stakeholders and must allow unity and the interest of the party to prevail.
“You must begin to select leaders and your representatives based on their track records of good works, worthy characters, rather than sentiments and biases.
“It is important that we distinguish ourselves from the norm that has kept party system in Nigeria backward for so long,” GDI said.
The GDI, in the statement, said the PDP had recorded tremendous progress in the last two general elections and was positioned to take over power in Abuja, with adequate support of the government at the state level under Governor Nyesom Wike.
On the 2023 elections and the chances of PDP candidates, the group enjoined Rivers electorate to cast their votes for all the PDP candidates, especially Sir Siminialayi Fubara, who is the party’s standard-bearer in the state.
This, the group said, “is to consolidate on the quality leadership achievements of the Wike-led administration in the state, and for the well-being of all and sundry in the state”.
It warned that any attempt to do otherwise would spell unending doom in the next four years.
The Coordinator of GDI in Oyigbo LGA, High Chief Solomon Agom Eze, used the opportunity to laud Governor Nyesom Wike on his achievements since 2015.
He described the Governor’s leadership quality, especially in infrastructural development, as remarkable, saying that “the Governor has been able to prove all his detractors wrong in the governance of the state since 2015 to date”.
He also eulogized the group’s Patron in the area and State Chairman of the PDP, Ambassador Desmond Akawor, the governorship candidate of the party in the state, Sir Siminialayi Fubara, and all those contesting under the PDP for their dedication to service.
Chief Eze further lauded the PDP Chairman, Oyigbo LGA, Hon. Alex Ibeabuchi for his contributions offered GDI in the area, and other well-meaning GDI members in the Rivers South East Senatorial District, stressing that their support would not be in vain.

By: Bethel Toby