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Igbide political elite forum endorses Okowa

By EDITOR
10 February 2015   |   11:00 pm
THE people of Igbide in Isoko South local government area of Delta State have endorsed Senator Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa for the governorship of the state.      The forum took the decision after an extensive review of all the candidates jostling for the Delta governorship position in the 2015 general elections.   Rising from an…

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THE people of Igbide in Isoko South local government area of Delta State have endorsed Senator Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa for the governorship of the state.   

  The forum took the decision after an extensive review of all the candidates jostling for the Delta governorship position in the 2015 general elections.

  Rising from an enlarged executive meeting at Owodokpokpo-Igbide, the Igbide Political Elite Forum (IPEF), it also called on Igbide people and Isokos in general to vote en-masse for President Goodluck Jonathan and Senator James Manager for the Senate. 

  For the House of Representatives seat, the group urged Isokos to vote for Rt. Hon. Leo Okuweh Ogor, incumbent member representing Isoko Federal Constituency and Deputy House Leader. 

  Also receiving the group’s endorsement is the re-election bid of the Deputy Majority Leader in the Delta State House of Assembly and member, representing Isoko South Constituency II, Hon. Prince Johnson Obokparo Erijo. 

  In a communiqué signed by Chief Daniel Erara Egwero, Prince Godspower Obukeni and Alex Ovie (Chairman, Secretary and P.R.O. respectively), the forum said having read and studied the development blueprint of Dr. Okowa, and considering his antecedents as a former commissioner, Secretary to State Government and a distinguished Senator, it considered it very imperative to endorse the PDP governorship candidate.

  The group stressed that Igbide people should no longer be in the opposition, as it was the case in 2011 elections, adding that IPEF has deemed it fit to flow along with the tide of transformation being witnessed in the country.

  “The time for the Igbide people to come out of political darkness is now,” as “politics of opposition brings no development.”

  The group noted with satisfaction that the lawmaker, representing Isoko South Constituency II, Hon. Erijo, had attracted several projects to Igbide Community, citing the Uto road rehabilitation and Igbide Primary School renovation projects, and other empowerment programmes for youths and women of the constituency.   

  “In a democratic dispensation, the dividends of democracy can only benefit the populace through good leadership, credible and effective representation and Hon. Erijo, no doubt, has personalised that,” it said. 

  The group believes that continuity drives development and so, “this time around, Igbide people must rally round to ensure Hon. Erijo’s victory at the polls.”   

  The group, whose foremost objective is to galvanize Igbide people politically by giving full backing and support to credible candidates, said it has mapped out strategies to ensure total victory for all PDP candidates in the area.

  Among those that attended the meeting were Chief Lucky Ogba, Engr. Lucky Okolosi and Mr. Sylvester Obaduemu.

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