I’ll Transform Rivers State To Dubai, Says Governorship Aspirant

A Social Democratic Party (SDP) governorship aspirant in Rivers State, Mr George Larry, has pledged to make the state more beautiful than Dubai, a luxury city in the United Arab Emirates, if voted into office.

Larry, who described Rivers as “a dungeon” at the moment, said if voted in the 2019 governorship election, he would ensure the state undergoes transformation that would attract expatriates and tourists from all over the world.

The SDP gubernatorial aspirant made the pledge on Monday at the National Secretariat of the party.

He said, “Rivers State, as we all know, has been in the dungeon. And I have come today to tell you that the desired change in Rivers State is here.

“Over the years, we have had what I cannot explain; but today, I am assuring you that the state will see a different and wonderful type of governance that will touch the grassroots in terms of development, mostly human capital and infrastructure development.

“I have everything it takes to make this agenda a reality,” he noted.

Speaking on his defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the SDP, Larry said, “I am one of the founding members of PDP since 1998. I had to cross the carpet because all is not well,” adding that “I know that without SDP Rivers State will go nowhere, that is why I had to pitch tent with SDP.”

He said, “I will urge my brothers and sisters in diaspora to come back home, work and develop our country. I am privileged to live in any part of the world but I deliberately refused.

“I said that whatever they have in that country I can build it in Nigeria. That is why I am determined to do the best I can to developing my place.”

“I am from a very rich place, Bonny Kingdom, that is supposed to be more beautiful that Dubai. That is one very agenda I have in my heart. Rivers State must be one of the best in this country,” Larry declared.