Dr Innocent Bariate Barikor, a lecturer with the Department of Political Science/ Administration, University of Port Harcourt, has emerged as the Rivers State All Progressives Congress APC, Deputy Governorship Candidate and running mate to Arc. Tonye Cole, the Party’s Gubernatorial Candidate, for the 2023 elections.

Dr. Barikor, an Ogoni indigene from Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State and a former House of Assembly member, who represeted Gokana Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, was reportedly adopted unanimously by Rivers APC leaders and stakeholders, at a meeting held at the residence of former Transportation Minister and leader of the APC in the State, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, in Abuja.

Dr. Innocent Bariate Barikor, who served in the Rivere State House of Assembly from 2011 – 2015, received his doctoral degree in Political Science with emphasis on development studies from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

He lectured at the Rivers State College of Education and served as a supervisor at the Gokana local government council, before crossing over to the University of Port Harcourt to continue his academic career until 2010, when attained the position of Senior Lecturer in Political Science.

Dr. Barikor was appointed Rivers State Coordinator of the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) by the President of Nigeria in 2014 and during his tenure, he developed and supervised innovative poverty reduction programmes such as COPE, Village Economic Development Solutions, Promise Keeper programme and others which have impacted on the Nigeria’s rural poor.

In 2007, Dr. Barikor led the Grassroots Empowerment Network (GEN) delegation to the South Africa Investment Summit held in Durban.

Hon. Dr. Innocent B. Barikor also served as the Rivers State Chairman, State Selection Committee (SSC), Special Public Works (SPW) program by the Federal Government’s 774,000 post-Coronavirus jobs Committee by President Buhari; a no-qualifications needed initiative of the Federal Government, funded by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to assist Nigerians in mitigating against the pandemic, with a three-month engagement, between October-December, 2020. Each local government was reportedly allotted 1,000.

As a development consultant, he has worked for numerous organizations including the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA), where he consulted on the Agency’s Cassava Project between 2007 and 2008.





He also has served as Chairman of the Board of the Grassroots Empowerment Network and is expected to bring his vast experience and network as a renowned grassroots mobizer, into his new responsibility, as he pairs with Arch. Tonye Cole on the APC Rivers joint ticket for the Governorship election in 2023


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I love this combo.ijaw/ogonie.amechi is wise

Sure defeat

Na still court Dem go dey battle themselves with abe

Nice choice

Truthisunique2:
Sure defeat

Na still court Dem go dey battle themselves with abe

Abe is not in court son

This 7k Pol. Science guy? Girls hear am for him hand.

Amaechi picked not Tonye Cole.

Modified.

Passionate888:
This 7k Pol. Science guy? Girls hear am for him hand.


Wike picked not Tonye Cole

He would bring ogoni votes

garfield1:


He would bring ogoni votes

Do you know about Gokana and Khana?

Passionate888:


Do you know about Gokana and Khana?

Yes plus Khana,tai and eleme.him and amb oji ngofa will humiliate pdp

Rivers State guber Election result 2023
Apc= 183,530 PDP=120,940

kcmichael:
Rivers State guber Election result 2023

Apc= 183,530
PDP=120,940

Hmmm.that's too small for rivers

I will have to vote for apc then..
Deputy slot belongs to ogoni!
Pdp are you watching?
#ogonifordeputy! #OGmatters!.

Patrioticbreed9:
I will have to vote for apc then..

Deputy slot belongs to ogoni!

Pdp are you watching?

#ogonifordeputy!
#OGmatters!.

Up ogoni

garfield1:

Up ogoni

OG lives matters bro!.
Its ogoni o'clock..
Where be your 422 like this?

garfield1:

Yes plus Khana,tai and eleme.him and amb oji ngofa will humiliate pdp

PDP go humble for Rivers 2023.
Infact wike self don give up.

garfield1:


Yes plus Khana,tai and eleme.him and amb oji ngofa will humiliate pdp

I'm asking you about the mistrust between Khana and Gokana

garfield1:
I love this combo.ijaw/ikwerre.amechi is wise

Wrong. It's Ijaw/Ogoni

AwkaFinest:



Wrong. It's Ijaw/Ogoni

You are right

Passionate888:
I'm asking you about the mistrust between Khana and Gokana

Am not aware but they are in the same fed constituency and will deliver

Patrioticbreed9:

PDP go humble for Rivers 2023.

Infact wike self don give up.

He better decamps before its late

Patrioticbreed9:

OG lives matters bro!.

Its ogoni o'clock..

Where be your 422 like this?

I dey choba

garfield1:


You are right

Finally you are taking corrections. You were among those that said Ikwerre will rule Rivers for ever. No Riverine will rule Rivers State. Una eyes don clear. Change is coming in Rivers.

AwkaFinest:



Finally you are taking corrections. You were among those that said Ikwerre will rule Rivers for ever. No Riverine will rule Rivers State. Una eyes don clear. Change is coming in Rivers.

Me? You are mistaken.I have been calling for power shift to ogoni/riverine since 2015.

garfield1:


I dey choba

Junction side, back of kilimanjaro and samies?

Na una dey enjoy that cheap, cheap food wey those aks women dey sell for night for front of everyday abi .

Patrioticbreed9:

Junction side, back of kilimanjaro and samies?

Na una dey enjoy that cheap, cheap food wey those aks women dey sell for night for front of everyday abi .

Na Kilimanjaro I dey ho chop oh

garfield1:

He better decamps before its late

A tiger and a lion cant be in the same party, amechi no go gree.
Wike is better off in pdp.

garfield1:

Na Kilimanjaro I dey ho chop oh

Talk true u sure no be for linus ? I hear say him beans dey hold belle sha

Patrioticbreed9:

A tiger and a lion cant be in the same party, amechi no go gree.

Wike is better off in pdp.

Tinubu will push amechi out

garfield1:

Tinubu will push amechi out

Dem no born am well! Except amaechi no be nwoeli.
Dem no dey cheat ikwerre man.

garfield1:


Am not aware but they are in the same fed constituency and will deliver

Ok o

Patrioticbreed9:

PDP go humble for Rivers 2023.

Infact wike self don give up.

Fubara has Igbo routes, infact in his LGA(Oppo) Igbo is linguial franka.
PDP is using that as an advantage to campaign in OBALGA, PHALGA and Oyibo... These three LGAs will give victory to PDP..

ImmaculateJOE:

Fubara has Igbo routes, infact in his LGA(Oppo) Igbo is linguial franka.
PDP is using that as an advantage to campaign in OBALGA, PHALGA and Oyibo... These three LGAs will give victory to PDP..

I’m wondering how somebody is serious about winning an election in Rivers and he doesn’t have the Ikwerres/Igbo represented in his ticket.

It’s like somebody in Benue dreaming of winning without a Tiv in his ticket.

Or somebody dreaming of winning without the Igala represented in his ticket in Kogi.

But let’s see how that pans out sha.