Delta State Governor-elect, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has assured the people of the state that he would keep his campaign promises by ensuring that his administration operates on a progressive and all-inclusive template that has no sectional agenda.
Senator Okowa said that he would continue in the forward-looking path trod by the outgoing governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, particularly regarding the Delta-beyond-oil initiative.
He dismissed insinuation hat he may might have a preconceived agenda tilted to his Delta North senatorial district which is producing a governor for the first time since the creation of the state in August 1991.
“There will be nothing like Anioma (Delta North) Agenda”, he pointed out that all citizens of the state would be equally regarded by his government, irrespective of ethnic or even political affiliation and whether or not they voted for him and the PDP.
Speaking after being formally declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in the state with total of 274,680 votes, Okowa said that PDP has been faithful in its commitment to the people since 1999.
The newly elected governor said that part of the legacies and programmes he would build on include the Warri Industrial Park project, which he promised during his electioneering campaign he would take to even higher level.
He also noted that the micro-credit and agricultural programmes of the Uduaghan administration would be sustained and expanded to promote entrepreneurship especially among the youths.
In his comment, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, expressed appreciation to the people for the peaceful and successful governorship and state legislative election, saying it was an open acknowledgement of the development strides of his government.
The governor noted that the overwhelming victory of Dr Okowa and numerous PDP candidates similarly testifies to the dominance of the PDP in Delta State since the restoration of democracy in 1999.
While thanking them for their “peaceful conduct during and after the elections”, Uduaghan assured that he had implicit confidence that Dr Okowa would step up the development tempo of his own administration in a peaceful and progressive manner.
The transition process would be seamless, Uduaghan further assured and called on “all other political parties that contested the elections to accept defeat, embrace the winner and help to create an atmosphere of peace and development in Delta State.”
Uduaghan said, “My appeal to all Deltans is that we should remain calm and peaceful as we look forward to more dividends of democracy from PDP administration in the state.”
Nonetheless, he advised candidates and parties not satisfied with be outcome of the different elections to seek lawful avenues of channeling their grievances instead of taking laws into their hands.
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