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The 7-Point Agenda

Work that people can see, join and measure.

From clean-up walks to town halls, campus chapters and a statewide moot court, every programme is designed to organise Rivers people around service.

Environmental work-walk

OK Chinda Green Rivers Project

01

A statewide mobilisation unlike the usual political outing. Rivers people will march in solidarity with Rt. Hon. OK Chinda — and leave the environment cleaner than they met it.

  • Community clean-up exercises
  • Drainage clearing
  • Waste-management education
  • Tree planting
  • Plastic-waste awareness
  • School environmental clubs
  • Recognition of the cleanest participating communities

Every activity is documented with before-and-after photographs, location, number of participants and results achieved.

Structured media

Radio & Television Sensitisation

02

A coordinated broadcast programme on issues affecting Rivers people and a grant press at intervals before, during and after the electioneering period.

  • Education
  • Youth development
  • Environmental protection
  • Employment and entrepreneurship
  • The track record of OK Chinda
  • Civic responsibility
  • Rivers cultural heritage and unity in diversity

Trade & community

Market Sensitisation

03

Markets are important community centres. Dedicated programmes will take the candidate to local market men and women.

  • Traders’ listening sessions
  • Environmental sanitation education
  • Women’s entrepreneurship and feedback discussions
  • Consumer awareness
  • Community safety discussions

Campus chapters

Tertiary Institutions Sensitisation

04

A Rivers Students Engagement Programme centred on capacity building and human capital development.

  • Leadership seminars
  • Debate competitions
  • Civic education
  • Environmental campaigns
  • Inter-campus competitions

Three senatorial districts

Town Hall Meetings

05

Town halls across Rivers West, Rivers East and Rivers South East where residents can discuss issues affecting their communities.

  • Community problems
  • Proposed solutions
  • Responsible stakeholders
  • Follow-up dates

Each town hall produces a written path from problem to solution to accountability.

Culture as unity

Rivers Unity Dance Competition

06

Culture used as a tool for unity — and to detribalise the campaign. The aim is to make OK Chinda a Pan-Rivers figure rather than a candidate of any single ethnicity.

  • Traditional dances
  • Cultural storytelling
  • Traditional music competition
  • Costume displays

Participants can represent different communities and cultural groups across Rivers State.

Digital civic space

Online Competitions

07

Regular digital competitions to encourage creativity among young Rivers residents, with live video sessions on Facebook and TikTok and prizes to be won.

  • Current affairs
  • Rivers history quiz
  • Essay writing and debates

This engages young and older people, demystifies the reward system and places the candidate’s name in the media space. Winners can receive educational grants, employment, certificates or mentorship opportunities, subject to transparent rules and funding.

A signature addition

Rivers State Moot / Court Competition

A particularly strong programme because it connects education, law, leadership and civic participation — which Rt. Hon. OK Chinda has sponsored over the years.

The Initiative will organise a statewide inter-institutional moot court competition involving law students and potentially debate and public-speaking categories for other students. A panel of qualified legal practitioners and academics will serve as judges.