I Hon Chisom Promise Dike, lawmaker representing the good people of Oyigbo State Constituency in the Rivers state house of assembly hereby call on the good people of Oyigbo LGA, both residents and indigenes to take advantage of the ongoing voters registration exercise and get registered to obtain their PVCs.
I make this passionate appeal that you get registered because with our Permanent voter's card we can take our destiny in our hands and choose a leader that would bring democratic dividends to our Local Government and State at large.
Our vote is a symbol of our social contract with our leaders and without it we can expect less from them.
Democracy is a game of number and this number can only be translated through our votes. How do we get this votes if we do not come out to register, We have the voting strength, we have the population, but in recent past, this voting strength & population has not translated into voting power especially in the 2015 general election where Oyigbo LGA returned the least vote to the State and this is affecting us greatly in terms of infrastructure in the area. The time has come for Oyigbo people to take advantage of the opportunity of next elections and proof that we are the next largest city after Port Harcourt City in Rivers State. We have to turn out en mass to register and obtain our PVC's. This is not the time to sit at home and feel unconcerned since other LGAs have gone far ahead of us.
My Igbo brothers and sisters and other ethnic groups who peacefully reside with us here in Oyigbo LGA and do business, I want to remind us that our people who reside and do business in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, kaduna, Sokoto and other developing cities in Nigeria don’t sit at home during elections. They actively participate during elections, that way, the govt provide basic infrastructure in those cities. A classical example is what Mr Project HE Nyesom Wike is doing in Port Harcourt today. Eg. massive construction of roads, ultra modern markets, model schools, hospitals, modern parks etc. Who are the major beneficiaries of these projects? It’s the Igbos and others doing businesses in the city as the major investment and businesses in the State are owned by them. This is made possible because the govt had created the enabling environment for these businesses to operate. If these business owners sit at home and don’t participate in voting during elections and other activities in the city, do you think the govt will be motivated to invest in those facilities?
We can replicate the same thing here in Oyigbo LGA giving our population. Whatever is the reason why we don’t participate in election in Oyigbo LGA, I, on behalf of Oyigbo people ask our people who like to sit at home during election to forgive and forget so we can move Oyigbo forward and reintegrate our LGA back into Rivers politics through the next election by making our population translate into voting strength. By so doing, we have the right and boldness to approach the govt at the center to demand for infrastructures and basic social amenities in our LGA.
Let me also use this opportunity to thank our Project Governor, His Excellency Nyesom Ezenwo Wike CON. GSSRS for flagging off 3 roads construction in less than one year in Oyigbo LGA. We expect these roads to be in use before the end of this year 2018.
On behalf of the good people of Oyigbo State Constituency, I assure His Excellency of our unalloyed support to his administration and hope that more projects would come to our LGA especially
1. At least one General hospital,
2. Dualization of a 25km Oyigbo/Obete road and
3. A 15km internal roads in Oyigbo Urban.
Thank you and God bless you all.
I am Hon Chisom Promise Dike
Lawmaker Representing Oyigbo State Constituecy in the RSHA
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