I’ll Use Rivers Money With Discipline -Lulu-Briggs

Governorship candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Rivers State, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, has declared that he will manage public funds with discipline if elected governor of the state in 2027.

Lulu-Briggs made the declaration during a media parley to herald his governorship campaign in Buguma City, the headquarters of the Asari-Toru local government area of the state.

“The state budget should provide essential public services, prepare serious projects and build infrastructure that enable production. The government should not pretend that ownership is the only path to progress when a commercial project can attract private development financing and professional operatorship.

“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.

“From riverine communities facing pollution and coastal risk to urban communities facing flooding, unsafe water and failing drainage systems. Our people deserve credible information, faster response and practical protection,” he said.

The governorship candidate said the state has what it needs to succeed, including human resources, energy and gas, ports and waterways.

“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.

“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,” he said.