Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Leyii Kwanee has reiterated the readiness of the people of Ogoni in Rivers South-East senatorial district to produce the next governor of the state in 2015.

The lawmaker however said the governorship seat will be theirs if only they could sustain their support for Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, at this critical period of the political situation in the state.

Kwanee spoke while receiving a delegation of the National Association of Ogoni Media Workers (NAOMEW) led by its President, Mr Joe Visangha, in his office in Port Harcourt.

The deputy speaker, who represents Khana Constituency 11 in the House, stated that there was nothing wrong for the Ogonis to aspire to rule the State as such has eluded them in the past.

He said Amaechi was disposed to giving favourable attention to the aspiration of the Ogonis and appealed to them not to allow the opposition to the governor to infiltrate into Ogoni land.

Kwanee said; “Governor Amaechi has worked tirelessly for the Ogoni people. So, I want to enjoin all Ogonis and even you as Ogoni media workers to give your support to the governor because if we are talking of an Ogoni man becoming governor in 2015, if we don’t give sufficient support to the man who is there now, then there is no hope for us.”

He described the governor as a worthy son of Rivers State who has performed so well not only in Ogoni but the entire Rivers State and should not be abandoned at this critical time adding that with the Rivers people solidly behind the governor no plot hatched anywhere no matter how sacred would not materialise.


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It's long overdue