AC gubernatorial candidates to tackle Niger Delta crisis
AC gubernatorial candidates for South-South states have formed a coalition through an action plan aimed at liberating the people of Niger Delta from backwardness.
The candidates are Prince Tonye Princewill AC-Rivers; James Iniama AC-Akwa Ibom; Denzil Kentebe AC-Bayelsa; Emmanuel Ibeshi AC-Cross River; Peter Okocha AC-Delta and Adams Oshiomhole AC-Edo.
The candidates said at a joint news conference in Abuja weekend that they would soon unveil a collective blueprint for the people of Niger Delta region.
Contributing, Princewill said they had resolved to form the coalition to network an approach for solving the peculiar problems of Niger Delta people.
He explained that the candidates were united to permanently solve the problems of restiveness of the youth in the region through provision of employment for the militant youth of the area.
In his remark, Kentebe of Bayelsa decried the lack of serious development in the Niger Delta region in the past seven and half years, due to ``bad leadership''.
He promised that the AC candidates would use their exposure locally and globally to attract foreign investment into the area by making the environment investment friendly.
Also speaking, Iniama of Akwa Ibom said AC governorship candidates in the area would reposition the economic base of the area by charting a new course.
The Cross River candidate, Ibeshi added that as a member of the Niger Delta family, members of the coalition knew the needs of their people as against prescription that was ``forced down their throat'' by the PDP-led government.
He said the network would create a dialogue forum where the people would have unhindered access to their elected leader and jointly discuss the problems and solutions.
The out-going NLC President, Adams Oshiomhole, urged the people of Niger Delta to be vigilant as they were ready to provide good leadership for them.
Peter Okocha AC-Delta, however, said that the emergence of the candidates in the zone would mark a positive turn around for the people of the area.
NAN reports that the blue print scheduled to be launched in February address myriad of problems confronting the people of Niger Delta.