Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has urged Rivers people to work with the APC to ensure that wealth is redistributed.
Cole also said that the drift in the state must be reversed in the February elections.
Cole, in his New Year’s message, urged the people to keep hope alive, and be ready to make the right choices in 2019.
He said: “Two thousand and nineteen promises to be a year of great expectations. A year when, by the grace of God, foundations for the structural transformation of our state will be firmly laid. As one of you, I know of the choices we must make, the hard decisions we must take, and the work we must do to reverse the drift in the interest of our people.
“We are sufficiently motivated, through our understanding of the problems facing our people, and by the grace of God, we shall confront them. The blueprint we are bringing to the table will put Rivers State on the road to prosperity and bring joy back to our people.
“Our state, in 2019, must be placed on a path of growth and economic recovery. To do so, we must resolve to take our destiny in our hands. To get to the next level, we must create the appropriate environment for commerce and industry, as well as investments, to flourish.
“To ensure the redistribution of wealth, our people would have to work with APC. Never again shall we mortgage the future of our state by placing its destiny in the hands of those who seek to provide peanuts in exchange for great deeds. As we celebrate the birth of the New Year, we urge Rivers people to arise. It is time to gird our loins and deal with a reactionary and oppressive system.
“It is also time to dream great dreams, and ensure that those dreams are realised for the benefit of our tomorrow. In the New Year, fellow Rivers people, we must think outside the box for it is only by so doing that we shall end unemployment and underdevelopment, and take our state back from those strangulating it.”
