The people of Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State are set for a last chance engagement with the House of Assembly candidates for Bonny Constituency as they present their plans at the first ever Legislative Debate in the area.

The event tagged “Legislative Debate for Bonny Constituency”, which is billed to hold on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in Bonny, is being organized by Kristina Reports in conjunction with the Bonny Kingdom Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In a statement on Friday, March 3, 2023, Team Lead for the Legislative Debate strategy team, Eliel Bluejack said that the debate is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) effort of Kristina Reports to entrench qualitative leadership which is an inevitable springboard for multilevel development.

“We think it has become necessary to provide the people an avenue for mind mining of the persons who want to represent them at the blue chambers; and this is being done at no cost to the candidates as we see this as a veritable opportunity to market themselves and plans to the people.”  

“So, what we’re doing is to create the platform for this engagement to happen. We know they have been talking to diverse stakeholder groups but not the totality of Bonny people; so, this is about bringing them up close to the people they wish to represent.”

He disclosed that Amie Allison of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Tamunoene Abusi, Labour Party (LP), Maxwell Green, National Rescue Movement (NRM), Victor Oko-Jumbo, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lionel Pepple, Accord Party (AP), Dabota Jumbo, All Progressives Congress (APC) and Howells Brown, Social Democratic Party (SDP) have all indicated their attendance.

Bluejack, who is the Head, Information and Communications Technology at Kristina Reports, commended the candidates for accepting to appear at the debate, saying that “we want to view this as an indication of how accessible and interactive they wish to be with their constituents when they get into office”.

He informed that the debate would be a hybrid wherein the candidates and their guests attend in-persn while it would also be streamed live on Kristina Reports Facebook page (https://web.facebook.com/KristinaReports), adding that viewers can also join via Google Meet by clicking on the link: https://meet.google.com/myu-pfuc-sgb  

The Bonny Constituency in the Rivers State House of Assembly, which comprises the 12 Wards that make up Bonny LGA, has been yearning for beneficial representation in the past years, with the people of the area expressing optimism that this dispensation would see a turn around of fortunes for them should a qualitative candidate emerge.

The organizers, Kristina Reports is a Port Harcourt based virtual news medium, focusing on community new reporting, which has over the years continued to mainstream issues affecting the grassroots across communities in the Niger Delta and beyond.