Rivers State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ambassador Desmond Akawor, charged the women in the state to pray fervently for a peaceful and smooth transition come 2023.
Addressing women leaders of Grassroots Development Initiative from Degema local government area on a Solidarity visit to the new Executive at the Party Secretariat in Port Harcourt on Thursday, 17th September 2020, Ambassador Akawor told them not to allow 2023 governorship ambition of any individual to tear them apart.
According to the Special Assistant on Media to the PDP Chairman, Paul Deeyah, the State PDP Chairman who was represented by his Deputy, Hon Chukwuemeka Aaron, warned them against associating with any individual alleged to be nursing governorship ambition.
“The only support you can give this Executive and the administration of Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike is your prayers, we need the prayers of women to keep the state peaceful and united”, Akawor said, urging all PDP members to continue to have faith in the party and exercise patient in order to reap the fruits of their labour.
He thanked the women leaders of GDI from Degema local government area for the visit, saying that they were the first women group to visit the PDP Executive since their inauguration, and enjoined the GDI delegation to continue to support the new executive which they all voted into office.
According to Ambassador Akawor, GDI has been very supportive of all the activities of PDP.
” GDI has been supportive to PDP in its activities, GDI was instrumental to PDP election victories in 2015 and 2019″, your support was not in vain because Governor Nyesom Wike has done very well, and made the state proud”, Ambassador Akawor stressed.
He observed that the name “Mr Project” which Vice President Professor Yemi Osibanjo gave the Governor was not a fluke but born out of empirical evidence of the Governor’s developmental strides especially in project delivery.
Speaking earlier, the leader of GDI Degema chapter, Mrs Agiriba Bibi said their visit was to identity with the new leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state and congratulated them.
High point of the event was the presentation of portraits of Ambassador Desmond Akawor, Deputy Chairman Hon Aaron and women leader, Mrs Ogbanna respectively to them.
In attendance at the meeting were the state secretary of the party, Dr Benibo George, The state women leader, Mrs Miriam Ogbonna, Legal Adviser, Mr Chukwu, State Organising Secretary Ofiks Kabangs and the state publicity secretary, Hon Sydney Tambari Gbara.
