Accolades poured him for President Bola Tinubu for running an inclusive government in favour of the South-South.
The commendation came from the South-South chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who praised the president for appointing the association’s top chieftains including Nyesom Wike in his government.
The message was sent to the president through a communique issued at the end of the chapter’s regular executive committee meeting in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.
The communique issued by the South-South PDP zonal publicity secretary, Bishop Etim Ante also hailed President Tinubu for the award of the coastal road project.
The communique read partly, “The Zonal Working Committee hailed His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR for his decision to run an all-inclusive Government at the center, anchored on the principle of a Government of National Unity (GNU) which was introduced in 2007 by the late President Umaru Musa Ya’adua led PDP Government in Nigeria and further consolidated by the successive administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan GCFR. To this end, the Party in the Zone is pleased with the appointment of several sons and daughters of the Zone into key positions of trust at the Federal level, particularly that of His Excellency Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON as Honourable Minister of the FCT.
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“The Zonal Working Committee is pleased with the current progress being made by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration for the execution of construction work on the very important and strategic East West Road. The Zone commends the speed at which the construction work on the road is being executed and expresses the hope that given the importance of the road to the nation’s economy, President Tinubu should make it a priority in seeing to the completion of the road in record time. The Zonal Working Committee also hailed President Tinubu for the award of contract for the construction of all important coastal road from Lagos to Calabar, noting that upon completion, the project has the capacity to completely transform the infrastructural landscape and positively impact the economic fortunes of the Zone and Nigeria at large.”
The chapter also expressed its concern over the lingering crisis in Edo State “which is a fallout of pre and post party primaries processes handled by the National Working Committee of the Party.”
Adding that the crisis will impact the the upcoming gubernatorial election in the state negatively, the chapter said, “To this end, the Zonal Working Committee calls on the Iliya Damagu led National Working Committee to resolve the political issues in Edo State and further calls on the Party’s BOT & NEC to urgently intervene with a view to resolving all internal disputes in Edo State Peoples Democratic Party.”
