ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Senator Magnus Abe, gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Rivers state, has said that Rivers people will make money under his administration if elected Governor in 2023.
Senator Abe gave the assurance while addressing a million-man march which climaxed at the Polo Club, Port Harcourt, Rivers capital city, in his honour.
He also declared that the large turnout was proof that SDP is now Rivers biggest political party.
Expressing optimism, Abe told the crowd that: āSince Trans-Amadi was built; no other industrial estate has been established in this state. We will establish another one.
āGiving opportunities to our people to get jobs and employment is not something to be done by laws or by fiat. We will create an atmosphere through which Rivers people can make money.ā
On the crowd of supporters that swarmed the million man march, the SDP governorship hopeful said,
He told his supporters that: āA political party is nothing but a vehicle. It is the people that make the party. Today, you, Rivers people have made SDP the biggest political party in state. You have that power.
āAll those other parties, because you were there, that was why they were big. Now that you are here, this one too is big. SDP is the biggest political party in Rivers today.ā
The former Senator representing Rivers South East Senatorial District further noted that, āLast week, we put off this programme because of the flooding. The whole Orashi region of Rivers, every time, gets flooded.
āWe all know these things are not man-made and every time it happens, we appear totally unprepared. It is only a tree that you will tell that you get an axe and cut it down and it will still remain in that place.
āI assure Rivers people, we cannot stop water from coming if that is part of the water. But, there are several things we can do to prepare for things we know can haunt us down. We can dredge our rivers annually so when the water rises, it can go down quickly. We can build canals to divert water from where people are living.
āIf it becomes impossible, we can move people from where we know they cannot stay to places they can stay. It is safer to relocate people. We have done it before. So, I assure our friends, brothers, our sisters in the places that are flooded, yes, it may happen again. But, I assure you that it will never ever be this bad again.ā