Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital will on Sunday, November 23, be agog as presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will be addressing leaders and stakeholders of the party in the South South zone on their intentions for the critical development needs of the zone should the party win the 2015 presidential elections.
The event, which will take the form of an interactive session between the aspirants and party stakeholders in the zone, is to hold at the Hotel Presidential.
Expectedly, General Muhammadu Buhari, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Engr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, who have all indicated interest in the presidential race under the party’s platform, will be presenting their blueprints for the development of the South South zone.
A statement from the Office of the National Vice- Chairman (South-South) of the party, Prince Hilliard Eta and made available by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Bassey Ita indicates that the presentations by the presidential hopefuls will further avail their plan in line with the components of the six-point APC manifesto, for the critical development of the zone bearing in mind its (the zone’s) peculiarities.
It maintained that ‘’the entire South-South populace will at the end come to the realization that there is a difference between prioritizing their development needs and experimenting on them’’, adding that ‘’the zone deserves a tangible development offer to assuage their neglect even by the present government which prides as representing their overall interest.’’
The statement also said that the various presentations will help the people, party members and delegates in the zone to make informed decisions about the aspirant of choice at the December 10 presidential primaries in Abuja.
Accordingly, more than a hundred members of the party drawn from among the leaders and stakeholders from the various states of the zone are expected to participate at the interactive session.
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