Fubara Dares Wike, Insists On Rivers South-East Senatorial District’s Eight-Year Tenure

<h4>Fubara Dares Wike<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Blessing Fubara&comma; brother of Governor Siminalayi Fubara&comma; has declared his intention to contest the Rivers State governorship election under the Nigeria Democratic Congress &lpar;NDC&rpar;&comma; vowing to serve only one term if elected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking ahead of the party’s primary election&comma; Fubara described himself as a <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ready&comma; competent and energetic”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> candidate committed to restoring peace&comma; stability&comma; and economic prosperity in Rivers State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the state has suffered politically and economically in recent times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have lost opportunities&period; We have lost investments&period; We have lost our dignity as a people&period; We have lost our pride as Rivers people&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The governorship hopeful called for what he described as a collective &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;uprising” across political and ethnic lines to reclaim the state’s lost glory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today&comma; we see a Rivers State that is distressed&period; Today&comma; we see a Rivers State that is shortchanged&period; Today&comma; we see a Rivers State that seems almost like a conquered state&period; No&comma; we are not a conquered people&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he stated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25833" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25833" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25833" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;07&sol;Fubara-300x193&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fubara Dares Wike&comma; Insists On Rivers South-East Senatorial District’s Eight-Year Tenure" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"193" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25833" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Governor Fubara&comma; brother to Blessing Fubara<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Fubara also pledged to preserve the state’s zoning arrangement&comma; insisting that the Rivers South-East Senatorial District must complete its eight-year tenure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have vowed to you to keep the peaceful existence of the political rotation of Rivers State according to our founding fathers by our districts&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He added&comma; <em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have vowed to do just a four-year one-term tenure to bring the expected prosperity and development in Rivers State&period;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The aspirant argued that political influence should not be measured by financial strength&comma; maintaining that popular support remained his greatest advantage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We might not challenge the financial capacity that they have&comma; but we know that we have the people&comma; so we are richer in capacity&comma;”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He further called on supporters across the state’s 23 local government areas to mobilise massively for the party’s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">primary<&sol;a> election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fubara also appealed to what he described as his <strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;elder brother”<&sol;strong> in the race to step down in support of <strong><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the uprising of the people”<&sol;em><&sol;strong> aimed at restoring the state’s prosperity and stability&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It sets a very wrong and dangerous precedent if we alter the senatorial rotation of our leadership and governance in the state&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he warned&comma; while promising to restore peace and strengthen governance if elected governor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;25135" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-25135" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-25135" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;05&sol;Rivers-300x169&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fubara Dares Wike&comma; Insists On Rivers South-East Senatorial District’s Eight-Year Tenure" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"169" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-25135" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Rivers State<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;