Chinwe Odita, Political Editor
The governorship candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) in Rivers State, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, has promised to manage public funds with discipline if elected in 2027.
Lulu-Briggs spoke during a media parley to herald his governorship campaign in Buguma City, headquarters of Asari-Toru Local Government Area.
He said the state budget should be focused on essential public services, viable projects and infrastructure that enable production, noting that government should not assume ownership is the only path to progress when commercial projects can attract private financing and professional management.
“The state budget should provide essential public services, prepare serious projects and build infrastructure that enable production,” he said.
“Useful inherited projects and lawful obligations will be judged on evidence, not on who started them. We will also treat environmental protection as a core duty of the government.”
He said environmental protection would be prioritised, from riverine communities facing pollution and coastal risks to urban areas grappling with flooding, unsafe water and failing drainage.
Lulu-Briggs said Rivers State has the human resources, energy and gas, ports and waterways needed to succeed, but its challenge remains converting those assets into reliable power, productive firms, skilled jobs and stronger local businesses.
“Our challenge is conversion, turning these assets into reliable power, productive firms, safer movement, skilled work, stronger local businesses, better public services and more secure household incomes,” he said.
“That is why I am running: to move Rivers State from politics without purpose to disciplined and committed public work; from sharing poverty to creating prosperity; and from a State known mainly for oil and gas to a State respected for what its people built, produced and became.”
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