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… Hails Wike Over Fubara’s ‘Governorship Project’
By Bethel Toby
A frontline industrialist in Rivers State and managing director of Valco Construction Nigeria Limited, Engr. Valentine Dick Mietamuno Jaja, has urged Nigerians to place the unity, peace and development of the country above all other interest throughout the elective period and beyond.
Speaking with journalists recently in Opobo ahead the governorship elections, Jaja said it was only through concerted efforts by citizens, all tiers of government, public and private institutions, including non-governmental organizations could Nigerians build a peaceful and prosperous nation.
He noted that for Rivers State in particular and Nigeria in general to move forward as desired in 2023 and beyond, Nigerians across all parts of the country must purge themselves of self-centeredness, ethnicity, religious bigotry, political differences and avaricious characters”.
He lamented that such negative tendencies in Nigeria are the major reasons, at the state and federal levels, the country encountered several challenges that have marred it since independence in 1960.
“I urge all to place the unity, peace and development of Rivers State and Nigeria above all other interest throughout the election period and beyond.
“It can only be through concerted efforts by Nigerians, all tiers of government, public and private institutions, including NGOs that we can build a peaceful and prosperous Rivers State and Nigeria, especially during and after the governorship and House of Assembly polls slated for March 18, 2023.
“I sincerely believe that for our state and nation to move forward as required in 2023 and beyond, we must purge ourselves of religious bigotry, self-centeredness, ethnicity, political differences and avaricious attitudes.
Obviously, these negative tendencies are the major reasons why at the state and federal levels, we encounter several challenges that have marred our concomitant growth since after independence in 1960”, Engr. Jaja averred.
Meanwhile, Engr. Valentine Jaja has commended Governor Nyesom Wike over the choice of the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sir Siminialayi Fubara, as his successor ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial elections in Rivers State.
Jaja described his action as the will of God to transform the state from the stage it is now to a glorious and prosperous heights”, urging Rivers people and Nigerians to come all out on Saturday, March 18, 2023 to cast their votes for Sir Sim Fubara and candidates of the PDP for their own betterment in the next four years.
Engr. Valentine Jaja warned against any attempt to do otherwise, which he said, would bring reproach, lack and insecurity.
