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Dumo Lulu Briggs and the quest for a better Rivers State by Ndu Chukwuladi




The country is in another mood for electioneering campaigns that will climax to next year’s general elections and as usual, various candidates are gearing up to contest for different positions. Rivers state is not left out of the campaign fever and supporters of the candidates have been going about eulogising the good qualities of their candidates.
Not minding the endorsement of the plethora of candidates for various positions, one area that will be of much interest to the people of the state is who occupies the State Government House? The two major political parties in the state have been encouraging people to accept their parties but as much as the need to accept the parties are concerned, Rivers people are looking at the appropriateness of electing the best possible candidate to reside at the Brick House come 2019. This will be the basis of their support for any candidate of their choice irrespective of party affiliations. As it is today, I must confess that the people of the state are really not comfortable with the ruling party in the state which is the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. Aside the fact that the party has governed the state for going to twenty good years, they see what they term as injustice and a semblance of inequality in the whole situation in the state.
The people of Rivers state needs a change in the election of the governor of the state this is why wherever you go in the state, the feeling is that the riverine people should be given the governorship of the state come 2019.
But like everything in life, nothing comes free talk less of power. There has to be a concerted effort to get power to the riverine area of the state not by wishful thinking but by proactive approach to getting the ticket to the riverine area of the state.
One of the ways to show that the riverine people of the state are truly geared to getting the ticket is to field the best possible candidate for the position. Various people have been posturing as the best candidate to wrest power from the incumbent governor of the state but as a Rivers man who has been in the system and who is aware of the dynamics of the politics of the state, it is my bet that if Chief Barr. Dumo Lulu Briggs is given the ticket of the All Progressives Congress APC, he has the capacity and the capabilities to win the governorship election next year.
Dumo Lulu Briggs is one politician in the state who truly has the people at heart. He does his things in a pragmatic and practical manner which is the hall mark of modern politicians. He has contested for the position getting to three times now and surely has a schematic on how the state can be made to be a proud state among the comity of states in the country.
Aside being a consummate philanthropist, Chief Dumo Lulu Briggs is a people oriented politician that can use the power of the people tob ring about the growth and development of the state. I understand that the ruling party in the state may not have any opposition to the incumbent governor of the state so, it behoves the All Progressives Congress APC to do the needful by electing Dumo Lulu Briggs to be their flag bearer. He is a candidate that is not controversial who will also rein in his connections to assuage the feelings of candidates that may feel aggrieved for not getting the nomination of the party. He is a home grown ‘Port Harcourt boy’ and has friends and business associates that transvers the length and breadth of the state. Rivers people especially the delegates of the APC will definitely not regret having such a personality as their governor come 2019.
The leader of the party in the state Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi has been doing a great work mobilising support for the party not only in the state but in the south south region. His efforts must be supported by all members of the party and Rivers people in general who appreciates the way and manner he changed the fortunes of the state in his tenure as governor. There will not be a better way to show that his efforts is not in vain if the party nominates Dumo Lulu Briggs as its flag bearer and the entirety of the people in the state consequently votes in Dumo Lulu Briggs to come and salvage our dear state from the precipice of mis-governance.

Ndu Chukwuladi wrote in from Port Harcourt

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