 The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, the SDP in River State, Senator Magnus Abbey, has described 2023 as a year of great expectations. Abbey said the people of the state have the capacity, the brain power and resources to make the state more pleasant. He called on the people to join hands and tackle the challenges confronting the state. You as a contact point to all youths and people of River State to wish the people of River State a prosperous new year. We can make 2023 a significant milestone in the history of our state. We can do that by organizing ourselves objectively to look at the issues that confront and the challenges that confront our state. We have the capacity, we have the brain power, we have the resources to make the effort to try to make life in River State more pleasant, better, more fruitful, more peaceful and more prosperous for all River's people. Working together to lift each other up, 2023 can be the beginning of great and exciting things for the people of River State. I challenge all River's people to not just fast and pray but to wake up to the reality that our future is in our hands. Our destiny is in our hands. The PVC that will be issued is something of great value because it can change everything around us and redefine our hopes and aspirations for the future. So 2023 is a year of great challenges but also a year of great expectations. I invite all River's men and women to come, let us work together, let us plan together, let us lift one another up.