By Joel Odhomo Salubi (Mr. JOS)

Our people say that the person with body or mouth odour does not know that he is stinking. Others are put off by the stench, but the body and mouth odour owner does not know that he is an irritant.

This proverb applies to the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in Delta State, Senator Ovie Augustine Omo-Agege. He winces or cringes on hearing his rejected name of Augustine. Omo-Agege has a political body odour and he stinks morally. Omo-Agege has thrown caution to the wind and has entered the marketplace to dance naked in the name of campaigning to be Governor.

He has been going around Delta State telling lies and blackmailing two good men, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa who is also the Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and Delta State Governorship candidate of the PDP.

Omo-Agege’s recent show of shame was at Otor-Udu where he went to campaign for imaginary votes. Without a valid manifesto or anything reasonable to say to the hired listeners, Omo-Agege poured abuses on Governor Okowa and Rt. Hon. Oborevwori.

All the accusations he made against both men were actually the things he is heavily guilty of. That was why one of the people at the rally said that Omo-Agege was suffering a big burden of guilt which he has psychologically been struggling to transfer to Okowa and Oborevwori.

It is clear that the mental rigour and psychological strain of campaigning are becoming too much for Agege to bear and he is heavily weighed down. His only therapy is to be vindictive through telling lies and transferring the burden of guilt to his opponents.

Omo-Agege lied that Oborevwori chased companies away from Osubi and Uvwie, but he failed to mention the companies. The reality is that the bad economic policy of Omo-Agege’s APC Federal Government it was that destroyed companies all over Nigeria. Omo-Agege is actually guilty of what he is accusing Oborevwori of. Omo-Agege is an extortionist who extorted contractors in Delta State from 2004 to 2007 and made all the contractors to run from the State. He virtually hijacked all Government projects and turned the State into an abandoned project State.

He also accused Oborevwori of being a tout, thug, and of dubious character. Is that so? Who can be more of a tout, thug, or of dubious character than Ovie Augustine Omo-Agege who introduced thuggery into Delta State politics in 2006? Has he forgotten that he is an expert in ballot box snatching?

As for being a dubious character, can Omo-Agege tell us why he dropped his name, Augustine? He committed fraud and forgery in America and the long arms of the Law caught up with him.

That was the reason he fled to Nigeria with just a pair of trousers and a shirt on his back.

Omo-Agege said that the next Governor of Delta State must be academically sound, mentally equipped, and must have basic knowledge of development economics. We agree with this and by that Omo-Agege stands disqualified. Omo-Agege is academically harebrained. He couldn’t make good grades in WAEC and JAMB but his father’s influence got him admission to study Law in UNIBEN. Painfully, his father’s influence couldn’t prevent him from making a third-class degree and a pass at the Nigerian Law School. His lack of mental capacity didn’t allow him to practice law for one day. He ran to America to do a Master’s degree in Law at a back of the wood university, but he was too academically weak to finish. The only assignment given to him at the National Assembly was the Constitution review in which he failed woefully despite hiring political scientists and senior lawyers to help him as in the case of “expo”, but he still failed because he doesn’t understand anything about the process of nation building. He also talks about development economics but his badly written manifesto reads like a village document that lacks economic considerations. His idea is actually to become the Governor of Orogun since he is presently the Senator of Orogun. What does he know about development economics? On the other hand, Okowa is an extraordinarily brilliant man who became a medical doctor at age 22. Okowa is a development thinker any day and he is one of the most brilliant politicians in Nigeria today. Oborevwori made an Upper Second Class for his BSc and also made a very good grade for his MSc. To strengthen his capacity, he has attended many certificate programmes in universities across the world specializing in legislative leadership, development studies, and management. Oborevwori has shown exceptional academic and mental capacity presiding over Nigeria’s most dynamic House of Assembly for nearly seven years now. Oborevwori studies and evaluates motions and bills rigorously. Omo-Agege used to boast that he has no time and patience for reading. He believes in action as in stealing mace. Yet, he talks about intellectual capacity.

Omo-Agege described Okowa as a very wicked man without saying why or giving any instance of wickedness. Can anybody be more wicked than Ovie Omo-Agege who betrayed his benefactor Chief James Ibori, by releasing sensitive documents to the EFFC, and stabbing the man who gave him his Senate ticket, Great Ogboru in the back? Why is Omo-Agege pretending to be a moral barometer whereas he is an embodiment of wickedness?

Omo-Agege sees politics as organized criminality. He is a political prostitute who changed political parties five times in five months. He was a pest who destroyed Government coffers between 2004 and 2007 and his house in Orhomuru-Orogun held more cash than what some three States could not boast of having. He hijacked projects, extorted contractors, and appropriated DESOPADEC as his cash cow. Omo-Agege stole the 100 billion naira meant for the polytechnic in Orogun until the EFCC was to be told. He rendered the NDDC useless wanting to get his men to be in charge so that he could loot the place and use the money for election. Was it not Omo-Agege who stole the mace in the Senate? Has he forgotten? He is also heavily into budget padding in the Senate. He stole billions of naira meant for roads and other infrastructure in Edo and Delta States.

Omo-Agege should take a look at the mirror and he will see a fraudster, a betrayer, a mace thief, an extortionist who is not fit and proper to be Governor of Delta State. By the way, which Delta State does Omo-Agege want to govern? Is it the Delta State he has been fighting to destroy since 2006 by working against rotational and zoning arrangements? Agege’s plan is to make sure that only the Urhobo rule Delta State for eternity. This must not be allowed to be. Deltans should reject him because he is lying the way the APC lied against the PDP and President Jonathan in 2015. The APC came into power and destroyed Nigeria.

Let us not allow Omo-Agege to destroy Delta State. Let the burden of guilt continue to weigh Ovie Augustine Omo-Agege down till eternity.

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Deputy Senate President and Delta State All Progressives Congress , APC, Governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has indicted his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opponent, Sheriff Oborevwori, for chasing away companies and businesses that once boosted the economy of the State through organized criminal extortion, aka “deve.”

According to him, it was Oborevwori that started the illegal and unregulated taxation of companies and businesses in the Osubi area, which rapidly spread to Uwvie and then other parts of the state.

Senator Omo-Agege, while speaking at Otor-Udu, Ovwian and Aladja, during the ongoing ward to ward campaigns of the APC, revealed that the widespread illegal taxation and general intimidation of private businesses in the state caused many of them to fold up or relocate from Delta.

He told the mammoth crowd of party faithful and supporters that the Delta State Governorship election scheduled to hold early March this year is too important to the destiny Delta State to be left in the hands of thugs and persons of dubious character.

He said the next governor should be somebody who is academically qualified, mentally equipped, and one who has an interest in the development of the economy of the State. “At this critical stage, Delta does not need a governor who has no basic knowledge of Development Economics that can design policies that positively impact the citizens of the State.

“Deltans do not need the chairman or leader of touts who had been actively involved in chasing away investors that were doing business here, in the name of ‘Deve’.”

He described Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as ”a very wicked man who does not have the interest of Deltans at heart.” It is for this reason, he added, among all the Urhobo sons and daughters who served in his government, “he chose a tout and ‘Deve’ Collector to succeed him.”

It is time to chase PDP out of Delta State!!!

The Delta State Oil Producing & Development Commission, DESOPADEC, has been commended for its impact in enhancing greater exchange and unity among communities through the provision of connecting infrastructure and shared amenities for the development of the people.

The commendation came from the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sen Iyorchia Ayu, and the Executive Governor of Delta State and Vice President of the party, Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, and the Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Atuwatse III.

They made the commendation on Wednesday at the commissioning of the three kilometre concrete road linking Oboghoro to Ogheye Dimigun and a pedestrian steel bridge across the Jorojoro Creek also connecting Ogheye Dimigun with Oboghoro and Utonlila communities in Warri North.

“This bridge symbolises the unity that we deserve in this country,” Ayu declared while cutting the tape in company with Gov Okowa, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, immediate past Governor of Delta State and His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III.

“If we link communities by infrastructure and development, there will be greater interaction and understanding,” he enthused.

Speaking at the occasion, Gov Okowa said he has been impressed and very satisfied with the efforts and commitment of DESOPADEC in the provision of infrastructure for the people and communities of the oil producing areas, describing it’s achievements as wonderful.

He informed that besides the pedestrian bridge across the Jorojoro Creek, DESOPADEC has achieved giant strides in building two new towns, complete with housing estates, primary and full boarding secondary school, cottage hospital, internal roads, rural electrification, water scheme and civic centre for the communities of Oboghoro and Utonlila which have also been connected with another bridge to foster communication and interaction among the communities in the Delta axis of the Benin River.

While presenting the projects for commissioning, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of DESOPADEC, Bashorun Askia Ogieh, explained that “before now crossing the Jorojoro Creek was by wooden boats which are sometimes pulled by hand.”

“This we seek to eliminate by the construction of the bridge. It is safer and faster now for our people to move across.

“The concrete road has been constructed to allow vehicular movement around the Oboghoro urban community. More critical was the need to find a lasting solution to casualties regularly recorded in travels by river between Oboghoro and Ogheye, particularly by students.”

Earlier in the day, Sen Ayu and Gov Okowa commissioned the sprawling Ogheye Ultra Modern Floating Market, described as a wonder in the rivers, to enhance commerce among the Delta communities along the Benin River and their coastal neighbours from Ondo, Edo, Ogun and Lagos States.

Dignitaries at the event included His Excellency, Barrister Kingsley Otuaro, Deputy Governor of Delta State, the National Secretary of the PDP, Chief Chris Anyanwu and members of the National Working Committee, the Chairman of Delta State PDP, Barrister Kingsley Esiso, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and the incoming Governor of Delta State, Rt Honourable Sheriff Oborevwori, members of the National Assembly and the Delta State House of Assembly, members of the Delta State Executive Council, His Excellency, the former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Chief Agboola Ajayi, Secretary to the Delta State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah, members of the Delta State Council of Traditional Rulers, the immediate past Chairman of DESOPADEC and Delta South Senatorial District PDP candidate, Evangelist Michael Diden, and members of the board of DESOPADEC amongst others.

Olu of Warri, His Royal Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III, charged the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Delta State Senatorial District, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas to be magnanimous in victory, ensure fair and even distribution of projects across the District when elected in the forthcoming presidential and national assembly elections scheduled for February 25th, 2023.

Ogiame Atuwatse III, gave the charge Tuesday, when Hon. Joel-Onowakpo, an accomplished businessman, a chartered accountant and APC Delta South Senatorial District candidate accompanied with members of his campaign Council paid a consultative visit to the palace of the highly revered Monarch.

Olu of Warri while offering his Royal blessing to the foremost Delta South Senatorial District candidate, said, “Being called to leadership will expose one to all forms of insults and intrigues. Should you emerge as the senator representing me and Delta South, do not allow the results to determine where to develop. If the winner takes all and the losers be damned, we shall not be changed.”

“As you continue in this cause, may you not tire, stumble and fall. God will connect you to those that have been destined to help you and you will campaign in blessings,” Ogiame Atuwatse III, stated.

Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, in his well articulated presentation during the consultative visit, vowed to facilitate and influence massive developmental projects to Delta South when elected.

The APC candidate pledged to seek the construction of the East/West road, construction of Omadino and Excravos road, construction of Madangho Ajudaibo Ogidigben Shore Protection, construction of Arunton – Ugborodo – Canal Shore Protection, revamping of the Warri port and EPZ project for Ogidigben, amongst others.

“These are not mere political promises; these are words coming from a man who is tested and proven. If I, by God’s grace can accomplish all the things I did in Delta State Board of Internal Revenue with my colleagues in less than 6 years, then God will also empower me to do what is right and much more,” Joel-Onowakpo stated.

The foremost senatorial candidate appealed to the people of Delta South not to elect people who cannot make the right choices between service to the people and service to their pockets.

“In all my public service, I have chosen service to God and to my people. People who have occupied similar position in the past or currently, have made their choices and it is very clear to us.

“I have been tested and never found wanting, the track records of my performance is everywhere in the State despite the fact that my detractors may want to play down on them. I am not in short supply of ability to perform if given the opportunity.

“This is no time for further experiment, we should get it right; we are running out of time, we can’t afford to make any further mistakes. I therefore, in all humility urge Your Majesty, Ogiame to support me,” he stated.

Continuing, Joel-Onowakpo said, “Isoko man is before the good people of itshekiri to beg them to throw their weight behind me for quality and responsive representation. Historically, the Isoko people have always thrown their weight behind the aspirations of our neighbors in the Delta South Senatorial District.

“For example, the days leading to the 2007 general elections, the notable and highly reverred politicians like Chief Solomon Ogba, Chief Macaulay Ovuozorie and many more too numerous to mention were in the forefront of the campaign to elect your son and my father, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan as the governor of Delta State.”

“The Isoko at that time didn’t just decide to support your son and my father as governor because the Isoko people didn’t have a candidate who was interested in governorship. Many and significant among them was Late Chief Bar Young Igbrude of blessed memory, but the Isoko people at that time considered equity and brotherhood and gave their support wholeheartedly.”

“I am therefore here, to say, that I am not unaware of the fact that an Itsekiri man is also interested in contesting this position with me, but my sincere appeal is that, that spirit of brotherhood, fairness and equity which has existed among us in the time past where we as people of this senatorial district have come together to elect credible and very competent people to represent us in government should come to play.”

Joel-Onowakpo added, “it will be necessary for me to say at this point that I am a son to Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan. My political life started with His Excellency in October 2007 when I was appointed as the Chairman, Isoko South LGA council.

“He later appointed me as the Executive Chairman Delta State Board of Internal Revenue in 2009, a position I occupied till September 2015. Within the said period, the Board was known as one of the most innovatively, efficiently and effectively managed department of government driving yearly collection of IGR from N12bn to N53bn per annum.

“We succeeded in building Board of Internal Revenue headquarters in Warri and the headquarters Annex in Asaba, a Data Recovery centre in Koko and Board of Internal Revenue offices in all the 25 LGA of the State.”

The Ijaw Council of Traditional Rulers on Monday, January 9. 2023, offered royal blessings the Delta South Senatorial District Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the forthcoming general elections, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, describing him as the best suited for the position.

The prayers were offered by the monarchs at the palace of the Paramount Ruler of oil-rich Ogulagha Kingdom, His Royal Majesty, Elder Capt King Joseph I. Timiyan JP, in Warri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, during a consultative visit by Joel-Onowakpo.

Speaking on behalf of the Ijaw monarchs, HRM Timiyan, who is the Chairman of Ijaw Traditional Rulers Council, described Joel-Onowakpo as a man with rich profil, adding that his personality speaks volume.

The Ogulagha monarch expressed confidence in the APC candidate in winning the election, saying it will be a good development to have another Ijaw-speaking Senator at the National Assembly after the expiration of Senator James Manager’s tenure. He therefore urged all Ijaw sons and daughters to support and vote Joel-Onowakpo come February 25th, 2023..

According to him, the Chartered Accountant cum politician has shown proficiency in time, human and resources management, noting that Delta South will take its rightful position when the APC candidate is elected to represent the district.

“Your kind is rare. Without looking at your profile and qualifications, your personality alone commands respect and your articulation shows good leadership qualities. I am happy and proud seeing you speak Ijaw so fluently. This means another Izon-speaking man will be at the senate after James Manager,” Timiyan said.

Earlier in his presentation, Joel-Onowakpo said he has served in three different spheres in his public life – a successful businessman, a public servant with track records and a civil servant who retired as an Assistant Director.

“I am not just here to tell you that I am an Ijaw man who speaks the Izon language fluently but to also inform you that I have vase experience and qualifications. No one on the ballot today is more qualified and competent than me. Therefore, I plead with you my royal fathers to support me as your son and the most qualified candidate so we can make Delta South great together,” Joel-Onowakpo stated.

The Isoko-Ijaw son and financial expert of international repute also chronicled his achievements in public and private sectors, especially at the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR). He said he will represent Delta South judiciously with fairness and equity to all its formation ethnic groups.

His Royal Majesty, Charles Botu, Pere of Seimbiri kingdom, who was in white costume to signify victory, offered the royal blessings to Joel-Onowakpo on behalf of all the Ijaw Monarchs.

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Network, (PPGN) launches an Obidient App, named ‘Labour Party. Verify,’. The app is downloadable from GooglePlay for android phone users.

It is aimed to also be available in AppStore as soon as fund becomes available to list it on the AppStore for iPhone users.

The Global Coordinator of PPGN Dr Michael Chukwujekwu confirmed this in London UK on the 8th January 2023 amidst preparations for the global launching of the app.

He said that amongst other functions of the app which includes the Adopt polling units scheme, the app will help to monitor and sensitise the collection of PVC which is the National cry of Nigerians and the INEC currently.

The second phase of the launching of the app which has numerous functions and milestones will be coming up on the 15th of January 2023.

The Electioneering Obidient app he said has Labour Party structures, Obidient Groups, Verify Functions, Electoral intelligence, Donation Platforms, Incentives schemes, Voting intelligence and image capture, Location advantage and jurisdiction, Groups News updates.

The Chief Enterprise Architect Kingsley Ikem-Ifudu and his team of Developers said that further functions and milestones as requested by the PPNG will be continually added to the app as the election dates draw nearer.

PPGN in Synergy with all Obidient Support groups and Labour Party, requests all lovers of New Nigeria and good governance to download and use the app. This will make them be abreast of the Nigerian 2023 general election at the comfort of their respective locations globally.

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The Delta State South and Central Senatorial Districts chapter of the Pan-Igbo cultural group, Ohaneze Nd’Igbo, have declared their support for the emergence of Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori as Governor of Delta State in the 2023 election.

They made the declaration on Saturday when they paid him a courtesy visit at his Osubi home.

The delegation led by its Delta South/Central Districts President, Chief Chiedu Idama, in company with members of his executive committee, said they are most comfortable with Oborevwori following his history of cooperation and support for the Igbos in the area for several decades and they are sincerely convinced that they will enjoy even greater support with him as Governor of the state.

Speaking first, the Legal Adviser of the group, Chief Barr Oliver Eze, said “it has been ordained by God for Oborevwori to be Governor of Delta State and so shall it be.”

“We know you are the next Governor of Delta State. We have heard about you. We know you. We have followed you and we are pleased with your peacefulness, cooperation and support. Therefore, we are solidly behind you.

“In every community in Delta South and Central, Ohaneze Nd’Igbo is the next largest in population to the indigenes. We have a loud voice in the political arena of Delta State. We gave our support to His Excellency, Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, not because he is an Igbo but because he is a good man. We know that you too as a good man and have what it takes to take Delta State to the promised land. During your administration as Speaker and Okowa as Governor, we enjoyed Delta State more than ever before. The relative peace in Delta State speaks volumes. We are happy we are living peacefully and we pray that we will enjoy more peace under your tenure.

“We are businessmen and we are in every street of Delta State. I have the instructions of my leader, the executives and entire members of Ohaneze to inform you that we will work to ensure your victory in the 2023 election. We are going to vote and defend our votes in your support.”

Calling on all Igbos in Delta State, especially in Delta South/Central to see Oborevwori as their own and vote massively for him, President of the chapter, Chief Idama revealed various personal encounters with him through the years, saying he has always been amazed at his humility and love for people.

“The bond of Warri brotherhood started long ago and we cannot have it better than now that we are talking about a Warri boy as Governor. We are in Warri and we don’t have any other choice. He (Oborevwori) is a friend. He is a brother.

“We the Igbos are chesting out. We are not hiding to support your ambition to become our next Governor. We are not here for people to say Ohaneze is playing politics. Ohaneze will play the politics when the politics is due and when it is proper. Delta State has always been PDP and because of the support we are getting from PDP government we are looking forward and working towards retaining the PDP in government. They say the devil you know is better than the angel you do not know.

“Sheriff will not remember this but in 2014, I was going to the UK with my wife. We were at the Murtala Mohammed Airport and the shuttle bus was already filled. Behold, there was Sheriff with a friend in the bus. He saw me and said, “Oga, you are here?” He stood up for me. His friend also stood up and my wife and I sat down. My wife asked me who he was and I said that is Sheriff. She said, “Dat na the Sheriff, na him stand up for us?” He will not remember but I will not forget. I am talking about his humility. He is down to earth. If he knows you, he knows you, he does not pretend.

“When I started my hotel, there was a time I was mounting sign board at PTI Junction and Uvwie boys came asking that I do this and do that. I never knew Sheriff was passing by. He stopped and asked, “wetin, wetin, wetin?” They said I must pay money. He gave them N10,000 and asked me to continue with my business. That was in 2006. So, how humble, kind and supportive would you expect somebody to be?

“If you are hearing Sheriff Sheriff Sheriff from distance, the Sheriff I know is about one of the best human beings you can find. If we invest in him we can never make a mistake. He knows us and we know him. He is unlike somebody who has not seen you before, who does not know you and if you say Ohaneze he does not know what you are saying. This one na our own. I will summarise by saying, my brother, Sheriff, carry go.”

Responding, Oborevwori said his joy was that members of the delegation are familiar faces, people he knows, many of whom are resident in Warri and various parts of Delta Central and South towns.

Calling on the Igbos to join hands with government to produce a new face for Warri, Sapele and other communities in the area, he thanked them for not running away at the times of crisis.

“Some people were afraid. Some lost their businesses but because you believe in the place, you decided to stay and I thank God that, today, you are enjoying peace.

“I am happy that you said you will extend the same support you have extended to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to me. I want to assure you that this visit will not be a waste because the man you have come to see is that same person you have known for over 30 years. Nothing will change me. Sheriff is the same Sheriff that you have known all these years. As pioneer community Chairman in Osubi, from 1996 to 2003, I never changed. I was Special Assistant, Senior Special Assistant, Special Adviser and member of the House of Assembly, I never changed. I became Speaker, the longest serving Speaker with the most peaceful tenure, I never changed, as a proper Warri boy. I thank His Excellency and all the stakeholders for making it possible for me to be the candidate of the PDP. I am a unifier.”

Extolling the Igbos for their contributions in the development of the state, he assured that they will be given maximum support to carry out their legitimate businesses.

“In my community, the Igbos were the first to bring development and we have named some streets after them. In Osubi here, an Igbo man is Chairman of a quarter. I am one person that do not discriminate. So, if I am elected as Governor, I will remain that same person. I know God will give us victory and what the Governor has done for Igbo people, by the special grace of God, I will do more. The peace we are enjoying, we will enjoy more. The development we have seen, there will be more in terms of infrastructure, human capital and inclusiveness.”

He also called on Ohaneze to give full support for the Atiku/Okowa ticket in the Presidential election.

“Continue to support His Excellency, Sen Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. He is an Igbo man. You live here. You don’t live in Anambra (and your other Eastern states.) You have lived here all your years. Maybe at your old age, when you retire, you may go home. But a man that you know, that you have lived with and they are giving him Vice President, has more value for you than any other person. This one is sure. The Atiku/Okowa ticket is over sure. So, continue to give him the support you have been giving to him and he will not disappoint you when he gets to the Presidency. When you get home, talk to your people that this man is good.

“We are all here. We will have to come together to get the face of a new Warri and keep building Delta State together. The three Senatorial Districts will be equally treated. I assure you no district shall be neglected.

“I won’t talk about somebody who is also contesting. You know him. He said he did some things but all he did are in his village. The person is wanting to go through the back door. He went through the back door to become Senator. He wants to do back door to become Governor. No way. Ohaneze Nd’Igbo also say no way. Nd’Igbo in Delta South and Central are also saying no way. You don’t know them. You know me, we have lived together here for decades. I will listen to you and we will do more and achieve more from this 2023.”

Other members of the delegation included, Chief Ifeanyi Obunseli, Deputy President; Nze Francis Onuora, SSA to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa; Chief Austin Okwunwa, Vice President; Chief Barr N.E. Nze, past President and current Chairman, Ohaneze Council of Chiefs, Delta South and Central; Chief Charles Iwuchykwu, former President, Imo Indigenes; Comrade Ben Mordi, Chief Security Adviser; Amb Amalili Stephen, PRO; Chief Chiedozie Rueben, Publicity Secretary; Lady Florence Ngozi Ngonadi, Women Leader; Lolo Rosemary Ego Ohaeri, Deputy Women Leader; Chief Paul Chuka Oputa, Chief Welfare Officer; Peter Ezeoke, President, Ebonyi indigenes; Chief Michael Chukwu, President, Enugu indigenes; Mr Mordi Cletus, Chairman, Anioma Chapter; Andy Onyema, Youth President; and Chibuzo Nwaehiri, PRO, Tools and Motor Parts, Effurun.

The Director General/ National Coordinator of the Amalgamated APC Support Groups (AASG), Dr Nasir Ladan, has expressed explicit confidence in the group’s ability and capacity to overwhelmingly deliver the All Progressives Congress APC at the 2023 general elections.

Dr Ladan made this known while appraising the group’s strength preparatory to the pending electoral exercises starting with the presidential election on February 25.

According to him “With President Muhammadu Buhari’s impressive accomplishments in developmental governance across Nigeria, and approximately one thousand four hundred and sixty-five recognised support groups within the APC political family, victory is more of low-hanging fruit for our great party.

He further revealed that the national working committee of the party has adopted the Amalgamated APC Support Groups as the coordinating body for all registered APC Support Groups.

He subsequently mandated the AASG’s to ‘Collate, manage, monitor and synergize the activities of all support groups across the thirty-six (36) states and FCT on behalf of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The National Leader and Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP,  Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, yesterday, officially commissioned the House of Reps hopeful, Mr. Anthony Onochie Ochei’s Campaign Office, at Ogwashi-Uku, Delta state

The Ex governor of Kano state, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso has also said security of lives and property and education at all levels will top his agenda if he is elected as the next president of Nigeria come February, 2023 presidential, senate and house of reps elections.

Kwankwaso who made this statement during the official commissioning of the House of Reps candidate to represent Aniocha and Oshimili federal constituency Campaign Office under the platform of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Mr. Anthony Onochie Ochei, said the party is prepared to take mantle of leadership from the ruling APC government.

While thanking the people of Delta state for their massive supports and turnouts to welcome him, Kwankwaso said he has no doubt that the candidate of the party representing Aniocha and Oshimili federal constituency, Mr. Anthony Onochie Ochei will come out with a landslide victory at the poll during forthcoming elections with what he has seen on ground.

He said, “We have seen friends, we have seen supporters, we seen so many people who came out to see us as we arrive at the boarder between Edo state and Delta state, and we are particularly grateful to the Delta state Chairman of the party and the entire members of the executives at the state, local government and wards level.

“I also thank the gubernatorial candidate, national and state Houses of assembly and all stakeholders who have been working round the clock to ensure that this party is in every community, every house. We thank God we are not in PDP or APC as these two parties have finished their turn, dead and buried. I appeal to all to come out and support our Party for a new Nigeria.

“The old Nigeria we are, where the masses are suffering and no body talking about education, that is why in our manifesto we made it clear that we are going to change the educational system where everyone will have access to education for free. Children in the streets will begin to go to school, as we planning to build 500,000 class rooms, where there will not be payment for NECO, WAEC or Jamb.

On NNPP and LP alliance, Kwankwaso, expressed regret that the NNPP/LP alliance did not work, that if it had worked there would be current contemplation of run-off presidential poll in 2023 because he and Obi would have won by a landslide.

On insecurity, Kwankwaso lamented how insecurity has affected everything and both the economy, saying he would increase the number of police personnel from 230,000 to one million, and military from 250,000 to one million, adding that he is not opposed to restructuring and 13 percent derivation.

According to him, insecurity has reduced oil production to one million barrels per day from 2.2mbp; affected solid minerals mining, and harmed agricultural production, which he said he would tackle if elected to generate revenue to fix the economy, infrastructure, and education among others.

Also speaking, the Federal House of Reps candidate under the platform of NNPP, Mr. Anthony Onochie Ochei, at the commissioning of the Ochei’s Campaign Office assured Aniocha and Oshimili constituents of equal and quality representation if elected to represent them at the national assembly.

Ochei who is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountant of Nigeria and Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria with over 20 years experience in public and private sectors, promise to attract meaningful development to his people if elected to serve at the national assembly.

Highlighting some of his top agenda and programmes, such as education, empowerment and skill acquisition, Ochei said he would run an open door policy where he will quarterly engage his people on interactive session to know how to address some of their immediate needs at the grassroot.

Ochei said he is contestinh on the platform of NNPP because the All Progressive Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have failed at the local government, state and at the national, because of bad leadership, but that NNPP has a developmental programmes that will enhance the living of the people.

He said, “I served as special assistant to Hon. Minister of Transport for four years. Also served as Internal Consultant to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development for two years and equally consulted for numerous Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, several Ministries, Departments and Agencies at federal level.”