The governorship campaign of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State will kick off next Tuesday and climax on 20th January, next year.
A statement on Friday by the campaign organisation’s Director of Communications and Media Strategy, Olorogun Ima Niboro quoted the Campaign Director General, Elder Godsday Orubebe as saying that the schedule would take the campaign train across 80 stops in the 25 Local Government areas of the state.
According to Orubebe, “following the successful flag-off of our campaign last week in Warri, the Delta State All Progressive Congress (APC) will on Tuesday, 29th November 2022 kick-off its Build a New Delta Tour in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State with three stops at Onicha-Ugbo, Issele-Ukwu and Onicha-Olona.
“The tour, which will take the campaign train to over 80 stops across the 25 local government areas of the state will end on 20th January 2023 with Grand Finale at Asaba.
“During the tour, the Deputy President of the Senate and the Delta State APC Gubernatorial Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, will tout his EDGE agenda to Build a New Delta (BAND). He will also hold town hall meetings with Deltans in all sectors of our society to discuss the sorry state of affairs in Delta State and his plans to turn things around and ensure that APC wins the 2023 Presidential, Governorship, Senate, House of Representatives and House of Assembly elections in Delta State.
“The EDGE agenda is our covenant with the people of Delta State. It speaks to the needs of the residents of Delta State. These include Employment and Empowerment; Development; Good Governance and Enduring Peace and Security.
“We invite all the good people of Delta State to join and welcome the next governor of Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege in this statewide march to take over Government House Asaba and save Delta State from the iron grip of a corrupt and unprogressive government of two men: the Executive Governor of Delta State, Dr Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa and the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Francis Orohwedor Sheriff Oborevwori who brought Delta State to her knees.
“It’s going to get worse if you allow Okowa to get his way in this election because Oborevwori has promise MORE of their failed policies. Okowa and Oborevwori must go on 29th May 2023 so Delta can be Delta again”.
Orubebe continued: “So if you believe that there should be an end to Okowa’s plan to establish his political dynasty in Delta State, and continue to plunge the state into wanton and frivolous debts, then join us to help Build a New Delta where there are jobs for the mass of the unemployed citizens, hospitals, expanded and modernized infrastructure, transparent, open and accountable government, better schools, roads, clean environment; safe neighborhoods and communities; equal opportunity; and shared prosperity for all.
“Join us to stem and reverse Okowa’s enslavement of unborn generation to debt. Join us to drive a worthy future for us, our children, and generations yet unborn”.
Meanwhile, the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday in Delta State asked his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to step down from the presidential race, having run unsuccessfully for too many times.
Addressing the monarchs and stakeholders at Oproza, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Tinubu said:”As I stand before you, there are few of us running. One says he is Atiku. How many times has he been running? He is now tired of running. Let’s tell him to go and sit down and quit the race. Enough is enough”.
Tinubu described the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi as not being wanted by Nigerians because “he lies with arithmetic that no ‘mathematician’ can solve. To mention his name is a disgrace to me. He gives out wrong arithmetic and wrong statistics on the economy. That is not what Nigerians want.
“Nigeria needs honesty, they need the man who knows the road to take, and that man is me”.
He identified himself as a son in-law of the Niger Delta and appealed for support in the electioneering campaign, promising to carry everyone along, develop the area and renew the hope of the people.
Earlier, the APC governorship candidate has assured that when elected as President, Tinubu would construct an access road to Gbaramatu Kingdom.
He promised that before the general elections in 2023, the legal framework for the implementation of the Maritime University, Okerenkoko will be ready for assent by President Muhammdu Buhari.
The Pere of Gbaramatu Kingdom, HRM Oboro Gbaruan II hosted the meeting and conferred chieftaincy titles on Tinubu, Omo-Agege and others. He requested an access road to his kingdom when Tinubu is elected President.
Governors Abdullahi Umar Ganduje (Kano) and Mai Mala Buni (Yobe); Ministers of State, Petroleum Resources, and Labour and Productivity, Chief Timipre Sylva, and Barrister Festus Keyamo; former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole; Omo-Agege’s running mate, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi; Delta State APC Chairman, Chief Oseni Sobotie; Orubebe, and Bayelsa State APC chieftain, David Lyon, were among dignitaries who graced the occasion.
