DTHA: Okere-Urhobo Women Endorse Tidi For Warri South Constituency II

The Women of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, have thrown their weight behind the Warri South Constituency 11 candidate, Dr Michael Tidi, Chairman of the Warri South Local Government Area.

The women under the aegis of Mothers of Okere-Urhobo for Michael Tidi, endorsed Tidi on Friday 8 April 2022 when they paid him a courtesy visit at his office at the Council’s Secretariat.

Speaking on behalf of the women, Mrs Agatha Tangbatsemi said they decided to pay the chairman the visit to let him know that the woman of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom are solidly behind his Warri South Constituency 11 House of Assembly aspiration.

The women, comprising pioneer women leaders of the People’s Democratic Party in the state, noted that Dr Michael Tidi has been anointed by Almighty God to represent the people of Warri South Constituency 11.

They said nobody can change what God has already confirmed, adding that nothing will stop the Warri South council chairman from clinching the ticket for the party.

“We are here to tell you that we, the Mothers of Okere-Urhobo for Michael Tidi, we are solidly behind you. We have seen all the things you have been doing for our people and we want to let the whole world know that we are with you.

“We are also here to thank you for all the things you have been doing for us, the women in Okere-Urhobo kingdom.

“What God has chosen no man can change. Nothing can stop you from achieving your dreams. Nothing can stop you because the Warri South Constituency 11 seat is yours already,” the women said.

Responding, Tidi appreciated the women for the visit, saying that the visit means a lot to him.

He promised not to let the women down when he eventually gets to the House of Assembly ticket, stressing that there area lot of things to be done for the people of Warri South Constituency 11.

He said Warri South Constituency 11 needs young vibrant men and women who would not not go to the House to warm chairs, but people who will go to the House to make laws that will bring development to the Constituency.

Tidi assured the Okere-Urhobo women that he will consolidate on the existing peace he has built in Warri South council when he gets to the state House of Assembly.

He said peace is a necessary ingredient to any meaningful development in a society, lambasting those who are trying to create crisis in the council as enemies.

Tidi told the Okere-Urhobo women that as a peace loving man, he has contributed in no small measure to the peace and development in Okere-Urhobo kingdom in particular and Warri South Council Area, as a whole.

He said it was because of the love he has for his maternal kinsmen that made him to own a property in Edjebah community where he had been living for over four year.

Tidi also promised the women that he would create an elders/social welfares scheme to take care of the elderly in Warri South Council Area, adding that the scheme will become operational in the next budget of the council.

“Seeing you today has brought back fund memories of how your sister, my grandmother, used to take care of me. She was the one who took care of me while I was growing up.

“Right from my childhood, I love the Urhobo Kingdom where I proudly come from and I know that nobody can take that way from me. I was born in Okere market and I have lived all my life with the people of Okere-Urhobo kingdom. I was very close to one of my uncles, late Chief Samuel Okumagba when I was growing up.

“I am a very young man. I cannot deceive you because if I deceive you today, I cannot come back to seek your support tomorrow. I know where I am going, but some people are saying that if I get there I will not remember my people. How is that possible when there are higher places like Abuja to go.

“Edjebah community is a very peaceful community. I have lived there for four years now. It is one person that is trying to sow seeds of discord in that community all because of his ambition,” Tidi said.

The women who were led by a senior chief of Okere-Urhobo Kingdom, Chief Alice Ajemgbitse, include; Madam Lusi Okorosobo, Madam Agatha Tangbatsemi, Madam Esijolomi Esi, Mrs Roseline Otomi, Mrs Victoria Aghogho.

Others are, Mrs Janet Amuru, Mrs Kake Omosowhofa, Mrs Chioma Aguheva, Mrs Stella Bethel and Mrs Vero Umurhie.