Bayelsa SNC inauguration attracts mammoth crowd .Party pledges to accord welfare of workers, infrastructure major priority
The inauguration of the state secretariat of one of the formidable
political parties in the country under the aegis Save Nigeria Congress (SNC) in
Bayelsa state the core of the Niger Delta Region attracts mammoth crowd.
The inauguration ceremony of the Bayelsa state secretariat of Save Nigeria Congress (SNC) |
Dignitaries from different
walks of life and party stalwarts from the eight local government areas of the
state turn out in their large numbers to witness the inauguration ceremony
which took place at the ancient town of Obogoro in Yenagoa local government
area in the state capital.
Presenting his keynote address
at the ceremony, the state chairman of the party, His Highness Okpoebi
Righteous Gwegwe, Ogiligba I of Attisa Kingdom (JP), said the party will
salvage the people of the state from the shackle of poverty, deprivation and
under development through the provision of basic infrastructures that would
have direct bearing on the lives of the people to curb the current abject
poverty ravaging the state when it take over the control of the machinery of government in 2019.
Highness Okpoebi Righteous Gwegwe, Ogiligba I of Attisa Kingdom (JP) |
According to Chief Gwegwe the
party would accord high priority to the welfare of workers in the state through
prompt payment of workers’ salaries, promotion arrears, leave bonus, Christmas
bonus among other entitlements due workers including annual increments to
enhance productivity in the civil service.
The party Chieftain stated
that the party in the state would also ensure prompt payment of the monthly
pensions of retirees while backlog of arrears of gratuities would be paid top
actualize the civil service constitutional responsibilities to workers as at
when due.
He called on the people of the
state irrespective of their political affiliations or leanings to embrace the
new party (SNC) in the state to move the state forward and actualized the
dreams of the founding fathers of the state.
Chief Gwegwe described the party
as ordained by God to salvage the state from the present socio-economic,
political and technological morass to portray the good image of the Ijaw Nation to the outside world to attract
investors to invest in the state to create employment opportunities for the
teeming unemployed population.
According to him the party is
determine to build a qualitative enviable nation on the principle of democracy,
rule of law, human rights and social justice.
He commended the people for
the large turn out to witness the inauguration ceremony , adding that the party
belongs to all and stressed the need for the people of the state to unite and
work together as an inseparable entity to realize the manifesto of the party in
the state.
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