Rivers Network for Positive Change has commended stakeholders of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for endorsing the candidature of Senator Magnus Ngei Abe for the governorship of the party in the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.
The group in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Bethel Chigozie Ernest described the APC stakeholders who gathered under the “The Meeting “on Thursday, in Port Harcourt as a people with an uncommon courage for unanimously calling on Senator Abe to offer himself for the party’s governorship primary, stressing that “Senator Magnus Abe is the candidate with the temperament, courage, honesty, integrity and capacity as a bridge builder across ethnic, social and party lines to lead the party into actualizing its resolve to win the 2019 governorship election.”
It commended the six-point communiqué issued at the end of the expansive meeting of the APC stakeholders which stated: “Without equivocation and with the power and support of both the APC constitution and the Nigerian constitution, that Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has the eminent qualification to aspire to the office of the governor of Rivers State”.
Accordingly, “The Meeting” which called on Abe to present himself for the 2019 gubernatorial election of APC, also said that he (Abe) has the support and approval of a vast majority of the party members across the state.”
The stakeholders in endorsing Senator Abe for the Rivers State 2019 governorship election had insisted that its position was in tandem with the stipulations of the APC constitution and the Nigerian constitution that sanctions the right of individuals and groups to freedom of choice, speech, association and assembly.
The group appealed strongly and urged the State Working Committee of APC to strive for independence, impartiality and inclusiveness if the party must come out of the present low morale of members.”
Rivers Network for Positive Change whose vision includes, advocacy for good governance expressed its gratitude and appreciation to all honest-hearted members of the party who are currently dismayed and broken-hearted and fiercely discriminated against in the party on account of their political orientation and the style of leadership which instills fear and threats for associating with Magnus Abe for not leaving the party but have continued to stay on and contribute meaningfully for the advancement of the party.
