PDP Opts For A Female Running Mate For Wike



Rivers State PDP Governorship Candidate, Mr. Nyesom Wike has declared that the party has decided to make a woman the deputy governor for 2015.

The candidate made the announcement at Omagwa, Ikwerre LGA on Christmas Day where he celebrated the Christian festival with the people of the area.


He said that the female deputy governorship candidate will be unveiled by the Party Tuesday next week.

He said: “We are getting women involved in decision making of the state. The campaign is now for women to take to the next level. We have gone beyond the stage of just sharing wrapper to women as empowerment.

This is a new era in Rivers State.
” The faith of Rivers people does not lie in the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. We are for the PDP all the way”.

The celebration was marked by cutting of the Christmas Cake and choral rendition.



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