The immediate past Minister of State for Education and gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State, Mr. Nyesom Wike has stated that the party has concluded to make a woman the deputy governor for 2015 election.

The candidate made the announcement at Omagwa on Christmas Day where he celebrated the Christian festival with the people of the area.

The immediate past Minister of State for Education stated that the female deputy governorship candidate will be presented by the Party Tuesday next week.

He said: “We are getting women involved in decision making of the state. The campaign is now for women to take to the next level. We have gone beyond the stage of just sharing wrapper to women as empowerment. This is a new era in Rivers State.

“The faith of Rivers people does not lie in the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. We are for the PDP all the way”.