Bayelsa Guber: APC Female Aspirant, Prof. Etebu, Unveils Manifesto

A frontline aspirant for the gubernatorial primaries of the All Progressives’Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Professor Ongoebi Maureen Orubide Etebu, has expressed her intention to deploy her wealth of experience and expertise towards the development of the party and state if given the opportunity to serve.
Prof. Etebu stated this while unveiling her manifesto and conviction to serve the state in the capacity by first being the party’s standard bearer in the Friday April 14th, 2023 primary ahead the November 11th governorship poll.
While maintaining that as a pioneer commissioner in the then late Chief DSP Alamieyeseigha administration, she pointed out that she made lasting impact on some legacy projects such as schools and public infracstructue that are still standing tall till date in Bayelsa State.
Prof Etebu, hinted that as a woman of virtue with the fear of God and innate integrity that she is imbued with, she has what it takes to take the party to victory when given the chance to lead the party and state to victory.
The erudite university don, who has many first in her kitty, including being the first Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Nigeria, with four different Masters degrees and two doctorate degrees in the fields of chemical, industrial and mechanical engineering, said she is sure to bring her calculative proficiencies to provide workable solutions to the myriads of challenges plaguing Bayelsa as one of the topmost oil and gas rich state in the nation.
While assuring that she is not new in politics and corporate governance as many might think, she asserted that being the pioneer vice chancellor of the Maritime University Okerenkoko, Delta State and earlier as dean of the Faculty of Engineering in University of Port Harcourt where she began her Intellectual sojourn as an academic, having schooled abroad and locally, she said these have equipped her with wide knowledge and expertise to excel in politics and governance when she is given the party’s mandate to fly its flag in the forthcoming poll.
Prof. Ongoebi Etebu, who is married with children, calls on party faithful to be peaceful and calm as the race for Creek Haven is one that all aspirants must see themselves as brothers and sisters working for the good of Bayelsa State and as such no victor no vanquished!
Recall that Prof. Ongoebi had been cleared by the national committee to contest for the standard bearer’s slot in the All Progressives’ Congress Primaries holding on Friday, 14 April, 2023, across Bayelsa State.
As a woman and mother with intellectual expertise, and vast background of corporate service to humanity and public service, the erudite professor of Engineering, Ongoebi Etebu, therefore advocates the rights of all to give Bayelsa a better chance in achieving set goals for better sustainable goals that can bring drastic change and lasting developmental legacies in the Glory of all lands.