The Rivers State Commissioner for Commerce and Industries, Barrister Chuma Chinye has said that any non-indigene residing in Rivers State who is not registered with the All Progressive Congress, APC in the ongoing membership drive of the party will be deregistered from the Non-Indigenes Political Forum (NIPF) and denied any patronage from the state government.
Barrister Chuma Chinye stated this on Saturday while addressing a meeting of Stakeholders, State Officials and 23 Local Government Co-ordinators of the Non-Indigenes Political Forum (NIPF) of the State APC in Port Harcourt.
The commissioner warned that any non-indigene who fails to register with the APC would find it difficult getting the state government’s patronage.
Barrister Chinye, who hails from Delta State also said the APC is targeting at least 800 out of the 1.5 million non-indigenes in the State in the party’s on-going nationwide membership registration exercise.
Chinye said, “Any non-indigene residing in Rivers State who is not registered with APC should be deregistered from the NIPF forum. Such a person would find it difficult getting the state government’s patronage.
“Politics these days is a serious business and we are not playing with the idea of ensuring that the APC forms the government come 2015 both in the State and at the national level.
“We have the number, we have the drive and we can’t afford to allow all that Gov. Chibuike Amaechi has achieved these past six years to be wasted by the misguided PDP elements, so we must not make the mistake of allowing them to form the next government come 2015 as that will be disastrous both to members and the State at large,” the commissioner stressed.
Chief Uchenna Okokoba, Co-ordinator of the Forum, assured the Commissioner and all the stakeholders that they will not sleep until the target of 800 memberships is achieved.
“We are embarking from market to market starting from Ikoku, to Mile 3 to Mile 1 and Iron Market at Oyigbo. After that, we will embark upon house-to-house campaign if necessary to achieve our target”, he added.
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