Delta Governorship: ‘Okowa Is Not A Listening Governor’ – Uduaghan

Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, the immediate past governor of Delta State and the All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta South Senatorial candidate, said his successor Dr Ifeanyi Okowa is not a listening governor.

Uduaghan made this assertion in Koko, Warri North local government area when the campaign train of the Delta State Governorship candidate of the APC, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru visited Koko.

The former governor who said one of the reason he left the PDP was because Okowa failed to listen to him, noting that a man of his caliber cannot be in a place and he will not be listen to.

According to him, within few months of their request that the Warri Seaport be revitalize, President Mohammadu Buhari completed the dredging of Excravos river which has been a major challenge to big vessels coming to Warri port because he is a listening president.

Uduaghan while referring to Ogboru as the incoming Governor of the state said, “I know when you get to Government House, you will listen to me because some people in the state failed to listen to me and I am too big to be in a place where they won’t listen to me. 

He stressed that Chief Great Ogboru has shown that he is a friend of the Itsekiri people, that is why he is teaming up with Ogboru and the APC.

“By your actions so far, you have shown that you a friend of the Itsekiri people, those who think they can do without us, we leave them to God, we begged that the remaining 5km Koko road dualization be completed, but nobody listened to our plea.

“President Buhari has listened when we made case for the dredging of Excravos river, today the contract for the dredging of Warri seaport and Koko port have been awarded and work gone far.

“The Koko Forshore contract awarded to someone in the state ruling PDP through NDDC was abandoned it until PMB came, now work have began, though in a slow pace. 

Uduaghan, while bemoaning Okowa’s government scrapping of the payment of WAEC fees for Delta students, said that he was sad recently when he saw Church raise offering to pay WAEC for 5 students whose parents could not afford to pay.

The former Governor who initiated the a Programme known as ‘Edumarshal’ to curb truancy and indiscipline in Primary and Secondary schools in the state said, “our children must be in school and the ‘Edumarshal’ Programme must be continued by our incoming Governor Chief Great Ogboru because I am very passionate about education. 

“So when you comes in March 2nd, this should be one major focus area for you.”, he said if the scrapped Delta EduMarshal which was designed to eliminate street culture and entrench the learning culture by returning out-of-school children to school.

Speaking, the Delta State Governorship Candidate of All Progress Congress (APC) Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru assured Deltans that his administratiom will give Local Government Councils all money accrue to them to speed off the desired development at the grassroots.

Chief Ogboru gave this assurance when the Delta State APC Campaign Organization visited Koko and Oghara the headquarters of Warri North and Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state.

He said; “The days of sharing Local Government council money is over. Once I emerge the Governor, Local Government money shall be given directly for the development of the Councils. 

“The Council its Chairman and others shall be given their money to develop their Councils”

He added; “My job as Governor of Delta State is to distribute the state resources equitably and provide infrastructural development across the state. We are also going to give light because when there is light people who are hiding under darkness will run away”. 

“Sometimes ago we always win the elections, but been cheated, but our time have come. The time has come to move the state forward. The time to liberated our state has come.”

Editor’s footnote: This story has been reedited to reflect the exact words in the transcripted copy