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The candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) in the 2019 governorship election in Rivers State, Mr. Victor Fingesi has commiserated with the families of victims of the pipeline explosion at Kom Kom community in Oyigbo Local Government Area.
In a statement issued in Port Harcourt by his spokesman, Mr. Kendrick Christian, Fingesi said it was horrifying to watch scores of people burnt to death.
He noted that what pushed the victims to their early grave was as a result of hunger and poverty in the state, as he urged the state government to expediently embark on a programme that would reduce poverty to the barest minimum in the state.
The ADP candidate wondered why Gov. Nyesom Wike had not deemed it fit to visit the affected area and commiserated with some victims in the hospital as well as the bereaved families.
Fingesi further said that he refuses to believe that the reason for the governor not visiting them was because he did not win in Oyigbo LGA
“If it is true, then, it’s unfortunate and negates the principles of democracy,” he noted.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for consoling the bereaved families and for his promise to look into the cause of the explosion.
On the state governor’s directive to public schools not to collect any fees from pupils and students, Fingesi said that the governor should improve the welfare of teachers, which would go a long way to discourage them from imposing illegal fees on pupils and students.
