I’ll make Rivers the Dubai of Africa – LP guber candidate Tonye Princewill

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Rivers, Tonye Princewill, has said that his administration would aim at making the state the Dubai of Africa if elected. Princewill stated this in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He added that he would achieve the objective with adequate security in place and in a peaceful environment. “My administration will work with security agencies to ensure adequate security in the state. “We will create a ring of steel in the state to make it impossible for trouble makers to penetrate. “My focus is to make Rivers like the Dubai of Africa and if we should achieve this, we will need peace and security,’’ he said.

Princewill also said his administration would adopt the carrot and stick approach to tackle security issues among youths in the state. “The carrot option is that if you are not pursuing a life of violence, here is an alternative and if you are pursuing violence in spite of the alternative, here are the consequences,” he said. “Unless you have the capacity to produce jobs, you cannot address the issues of security, and unless you can address the issues of security, you will not be able to create jobs.” According to Princewill, the most important thing for any administration is to have the capacity to produce jobs and demonstrate the will to do so, adding that his administration would adopt a collaborative approach and do an interagency relationship to address security issues.