The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has good leadership in place at the moment to rescue Nigeria from the bad governance of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Wike explained that concerned stakeholders fought for the change of the immediate past national leadership of the PDP because they wanted to reposition the party to win the presidency in 2023.
He maintained that such change of leadership at the national level was also to avert a situation of doom for the party.
He therefore urged the National Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu to brace up to the task ahead of him and capitalise on the opportunity he has to effect positive change in the party and return PDP back to the presidency.
Speaking at the flag-off of the Oyigbo – Okoloma Road in Oyigbo Local Government of the State, Wednesday, Wike declared that Rivers people have no other party than the PDP, which is why they will not allow it to die. According to him, Rivers was among the few States in the country that denied the APC a 25 percent of vote spread during the 2015 and 2019 general elections.
Performing the flag-off ceremony, the National Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Ayu, commended Governor Wike and PDP governors for spreading development to every nook and crannies of their States.
“I’m not only proud of the governor of Rivers, I’m proud of PDP governors. Every PDP governor with the resources base of the State have been trying very hard to make sure that the people get the dividends of democracy”, he said.
