By: Felix Ikpotor
A group, Coalition of All Rivers State Local Government Chairmanship Candidates in October 5, 2024 Local Government Election in Rivers State have declared their total support for Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
This is as the group also condemned plans some individuals to stall the release of federal allocations to Rivers State.
The group stated this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.
Convener/Chairman of the Coalition, Progress Anselemi who was the candidate of Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, for Abua/Odual LGA in the election, who spoke onbehalf of the group, called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to step in and arrest the matter.
The group urged the judiciary to maintain its status as the last hope of the common man in the country by not playing into the hands of politicians.
The group made up of chairmanship candidates, their vice and councillors from all the political parties that took part in the local government polls used also commended Governor Siminalayi Fubara for paying civil servants in the state beyond the benchmark set by the Federal Government in the minimum wage.
Anselemi said: ” We condemn moves by some persons to stop the release of allocations to the newly elected council chairmen in Rivers State. We appeal to President Bola Tinubu to disregard the actions of political detractors and urge the judiciary to maintain its status as the last hope of the common man.
“We commend the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminialayi Fubara for the implementation of 85,000 minimum wage for civil servants above the 70,000 benchmark by the Federal Government and we reiterate that the candidates in the last October 5, local government elections under this coalition are fully in support of Sir Siminalayi Fubara”.
The group also warned political detractors in the state to desist from such saying, “We also deliver a resolute message to all political detractors that no weapon fashioned against our governor shall prosper for he is unimpeachable, unshakeable and unremovable”.
Restating their support to work for the governor in 2027, they said they are doing all within their powers to quash any attempt to remove the governor adding: “We are making frantic efforts to make sure we spoil every effort that they would make to impeach our governor from their wards and units.”
The group used the occasion to congratulated the State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, for conducting a peaceful polls in the state while urging the elected chairmen to run an all inclusive government and to incorporate candidates who lost in the elections for the overall benefit of the councils and state.
