PORT HARCOURT:—A frontline female leader of
the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State,
Barr. Abieatedoghu Bob-Abbey Hart, has
declared her intention to contest the 2015
governorship election in the state.
The governorship hopeful who is also a
development consultant said she would tackle
challenges of unemployment, insecurity and also
guarantee better life for people of the state if
elected governor.
Bob-Hart who was elected into the House of
Representatives in 1997 to represent Bonny/
Degema federal constituency said her motivation
to contest the governorship election stemmed
from the burning passion to deliver quality
governance to people of the state.
She said as a development consultant, she
already had a blueprint to tackle the problems of
housing, transportation and also develop the
agricultural sector in the state.
Bob-Hart who said she was the first leader of
the PDP in 1998 in Bonny local government area
and contested the April 2011 governorship
election, assured that she was going to come up
with several empowerment programmes for
youths and women in the state, adding that she
would focus on developing the education sector,
creating industries and also strengthening the
health sector.
The governorship hopeful who expressed
optimism that she would clinch the party’s
ticket for the election said she had built political
bridges across the state.
She said, “I am a practising lawyer, graduated
from University of Science and Technology, Port
Harcourt, Rivers State in 1991, 23 years ago, a
development consultant and an intellectual in the
business of developing strategies and concepts
for nation building.
“I was elected to the House of Representatives
in 1997, in a keenly contested election in Rivers
State to represent Bonny/Degema Federal
Constituency. My political career started in 1987
when I attempted to contest the councillorship
election of my Ward in Bonny Local Government
Area of Rivers State.”
Political career
Bob Hart who recalled how she received the
sponsorship of Chief Rufus Ada George, a former
governor of Rivers State at the beginning of her
political career, added, “I was the first Peoples
Democratic Party political leader of the Party in
1998 for Bonny Local Government Area, a
respected and responsible elder and stakeholder
in the Party, and a high ranking political leader.”
Giving an insight into her career in the legal
profession, she said: “I started my law practice
in 1994 from the Law Office of Senibo & Senibo
& Co, and in 1995 set up my law firm Abie
Atedoghu Legal Consultancy, specializing in
Petroleum and Gas Matters. In the course of
practice, I carved a niche for myself in legal
drafting.
“I became involved with defending and fighting
for the rights of oil producing communities of
the Niger Delta region. Experience led me to
set-up the Lifeline Project Centre involved in
providing needed legal support to neglected oil
producing communities in Sangamabie,
Kalaibiama, Bakana, Ndoni, Baen etc in Rivers
State”, she added.

source: www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/frontline-female-pdp-leader-contest-rivers-guber-election/