High Chief Sunnie Chukumele, the Rivers State born UNIPORT Sociology graduate has taken over the structure of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President and former Presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress nationwide and collapsed the political pressure groups into All Progressives Grand Alliance-APGA in Rivers State.
High Chief Sunnie Chukumele campaigned seriously
for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, a national assignment he took up and set up
various units of the VP’s presidential aspiration groups and in Rivers State a
palatial edifice was secured at that time. Professor Yemi Osinbajo personally
came to Port Harcourt and commissioned the No. 9 Abeokuta Street Garrison
D/Line area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State Office.
Today, the APGA Rivers State governorship
candidate, has taken over the political structure of VP Osinbajo in Rivers
State. It was established in the 319 political wards and 23-Local Government
Areas of Rivers State. And High Chief Sunnie Chukumele is the one anchoring the
political pressure group for Chief Ugo Beke in Rivers State.
The APGA Rivers State governorship candidate is
the son of the late Royal Highness Francis Osimini Beke, a popular traditional
ruler and philanthropist with heavy investment in Rivers State. In his life
time, he had 30-children, being a native of Elbrada town in Emohua Local
Government area of Rivers State. The Ikwerre ethnic nationality business man,
Chief Ugo Beke is a 1983 graduate of Buckingham University Buckinghamshire in
England where be earned a Bachelor’s
Degree in Science, Law and Economics Combined Honours, as he went into Banking
as a Political Economist of note, having worked in 1991 as member of the
Committee on Value Added Tax, which was headed by a renowned Economist late
Professor Sam Aluko.
As a business man, Chief Ugo Beke was appointed
Manager at BEC Development Company in 1984, immediately after completing his
mandatory National Youth Service Corps NYSC at Warri Delta State. He was also
employed as Assistant Manager at Merchant Bank of Africa. He was later promoted
to Managerial position. His deep
interest in creating jobs led him to establish Eastern Wrought Iron
manufacturers of Star Foams, Hospital equipment, including solid state bedding
products and other materials.
The battle to become the Governor of Rivers State
is open to all contestants, as he had pledged to pay attention to Wealth
creation and establishing Oil & Gas cities across Rivers State. Recently he
stated that “Our main focus will be in human capacity building and management
of resources to adequately reduce unemployment and insecurity. Our government
will also promote vacation jobs as a means of reducing crimes amongst the
youths. We will also provide free and qualitative education at all levels of
government-owned schools and institutions of higher learning.”
Prince Ugo Beke asserted that “bad government
policies, clueless leadership, insensitivity of the privileged class and
debased moral values, idleness and lack of jobs account for the rise in crimes
in our society. Our government will focus a lot of money and attention on the
health of Rivers people.”
He is one of the strong contenders, as APGA as a
political party has a strong base in Eastern Nigeria, whereas many residents
living and doing business in Rivers State are from South-Eastern Nigeria where
APGA has a serving Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State.
Prince Ugo Beke is a sibling to Chief Emeka Beke,
Rivers Chairman of APC, who is being rumoured to have defection plans to the
PDP.
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