{"id":128806,"date":"2026-08-05T17:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=128806"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:27:52","slug":"2027-adc-governorship-candidate-dagogo-vows-to-defeat-rainbow-coalition-in-rivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2027-adc-governorship-candidate-dagogo-vows-to-defeat-rainbow-coalition-in-rivers\/","title":{"rendered":"2027: ADC Governorship Candidate Dagogo Vows to Defeat Rainbow Coalition in Rivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Rivers State, Dr. Farah Dagogo, has declared that the Rainbow Coalition will face its toughest political test in the 2027 general election, accusing its members of holding the state back through years of self-serving politics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a strategic stakeholders&#8217; consultation meeting on Wednesday, Dagogo described the coalition as a collection of political actors who had benefited from the underdevelopment of Rivers State while placing personal interests above the welfare of the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The truth is that it is the Rainbow Coalition against the entire Rivers State because the Rainbow Coalition people are the bearers of the chain of bondage militating against the state. They are a gathering of those who have benefited from the retrogression of our state and are determined to keep it that way,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He expressed confidence that Rivers voters would reject what he described as &#8220;recycled failure&#8221; in the 2027 polls.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We will put the Rainbow Coalition to the test in the 2027 general election. Rivers people are tired of recycled failure. It is time to break this cycle and set our state on the path of genuine development,&#8221; Dagogo said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ADC candidate also challenged claims crediting President Bola Tinubu alone for the completion of the Bodo-Bonny Road, insisting that the project was the product of decades of advocacy by traditional rulers, community leaders and successive administrations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the road project was already about 95 per cent completed before the current administration assumed office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;By the time this administration came in, the project was already about 95 per cent completed. To now claim sole glory is deceptive. We will not allow falsehood to distort our history,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dagogo traced the origin of the project to the late Amanyanabo of Grand Bonny Kingdom, King Eugene William Dappa Pepple II, who first advocated for a road linking Bonny to the mainland in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also acknowledged the contributions of successive governments, particularly the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, under which the project received renewed momentum through the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) tax credit scheme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ADC candidate further recalled that the 2017 groundbreaking ceremony for the Bodo-Bonny Road was allegedly hindered by the then Rivers State Government, which, according to him, prevented public school facilities from being used for the event.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I am speaking from the position of fact and authority because I was the Chairman of the Rivers State House of Assembly Committee on Education at the time. I opposed the decision and insisted that politics should not stand in the way of a project that would benefit our people,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outlining his vision for Rivers State, Dagogo promised a people-centred administration focused on quality education, improved healthcare, enhanced security, reliable electricity, affordable housing, job creation and economic empowerment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He pledged to make education free and functional while integrating the STEAMS model\u2014Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics and Sports\u2014into the state&#8217;s school curriculum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On youth development, Dagogo said his administration would dedicate five per cent of the state&#8217;s annual budget to entrepreneurship, skills acquisition and employment programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Our youths are not the problem; they are the solution. Five per cent of our annual budget will go directly to youth entrepreneurship, skills acquisition and job creation. We cannot continue to produce graduates without giving them a future,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that his government would prioritise infrastructure development, agriculture and support for small businesses across the state&#8217;s 23 local government areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We are not coming to manage poverty; we are coming to end it. The time has come for Rivers State to move forward. 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