Buhari’s Admin Has Favoured Delta Than Jonathan’s Tenure – Emerhor

A staunch member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Olorogun O’tega Emerhor on Wednesday night affirm that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has favoured Delta State more than former President Goodluck Jonathan, who is from the region.

He spoke after meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari at the villa.

Briefing State House Correspondent, he spoke on the chances of Buhari in the South South, saying, “In 2015, we had President Jonathan who is from the South South, that created an emotional issue but we have seen now that even when Jonathan was in power, he did not do for Delta what President Buhari has done for us.

“The Ogoni cleaning exercise that is going on there is one of the major thing we can count on. The east west road is being completely rehabilitated and that did not happen when one of our own sons was the President.

“So, we are very confident that the South South this time around wants to belong to the center and that is why we are going to be able to deliver the President there.” he added

Emerhor went further to give reasons why the South South will give a maximum support Buhari, noting that the Buhari’s administration has reactivated the amnesty programme; the Maritime University in the Ijaw-Ishekiri part of Delta State is now active.

Speaking further, he said, “And he has done a lot for us in Delta. He has empowered a lot of our people in Delta.

“We have the Minister of State Petroleum and the Minister of Transportation from South-South, the N-Power programme is working so all these have created the enabling environment for us to deliver the President in 2019,” he said.

Confident that the APC will take over leadership in Delta State from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), he said the incumbent governor of the state has not done enough thus, making it easy for the APC to take over.

“Let me tell you, we are so fortunate that the Governor of Delta State, who is a PDP man, is not doing anything. Delta has a lot of resources and the expectation is that the State should be doing better than Edo State for example, which is our neighbor but the APC Governor in Edo is doing so well; even Willie Obiano in Anambra that doesn’t have anything is doing so well.

“So it’s so obvious that the finances of Delta State are not being applied and everyone in Delta is now convinced that APC must takeover because they produce performing governors,” he stated.

Speaking on alleged divisions in the APC in Delta State, he noted that the issue is not an unusual one to Delta State.

“The issue of congresses and division did not happen only in Delta. It happened across the country but this is the period of reconciliation. There is a group that did not work with the majority of the people in Delta; we formed a unity group in Delta that had so many Governorship aspirants and leaders working together.

“But as you know, the Ogboru and Omo-Agege group put their own governorship aspiration ahead and decided to work separately but the move we are making is to bring everybody together, provide a level playing field so that all the Governorship aspirants will work together.

“But the great objective we have is how to deliver the President in Delta State 2019. That is our priority and the ground is ripe for us to take over that State and deliver 2 million votes for President Buhari in 2019,” he said.