By Patrick Ochei
The Deputy Senate President of Nigeria and Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has disparaged the Governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, accusing him of trading off the right of Southern Nigeria to produce the next President of Nigeria; thereby alleging that his (Okowa’s) ill-fated agenda is to be a Vice President at all cost.
He made these allegations while briefing the press on the APC campaign flag-off, billed to hold this weekend in Warri, Delta State.
Omo-Agege in his address, presented himself as the best candidate for the office of Governor in 2023, insisting that he has the intellect, capacity, reach and passion to be the next Governor of Delta State.
According to him, “I formally present myself as the Governorship flagbearer of the APC in Delta State and the bearer of the hopes and aspirations of the people of Delta State. I am championing the movement to liberate and reinvigorate our State from underdevelopment to a leading State in terms of economic vibrancy in Nigeria.
“I have an extensive understanding on the issues of governance. Our manifesto is a product of deep thought, in the sense that our vision and mission will bring credibility, transparency and trust back to governance.
“My plans as Governor will change the economic ecosystem of the State. We shall establish a Delta State Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme (DEEP), to cater for youths with skills while creating employment for the teeming number of our youths with no jobs”, he submitted.
The DSP also responded to questions from journalists which border on the inability of the APC led Federal Government to liberate Nigerians from the economic hardship they are going through, in addition to issues of corruption and insecurity which the APC Government was unable to solve irrespective of them being prominent promises of the leaders of the party.
Though he struggled to give his party some credit for the enormous Federal allocations to the States in addition to bail out interventions, he particularly picked on Okowa led Government for non existent developmental projects on ground, accusing him of swallowing over #2.8 trillion that came in from FAAC in seven years, including billions of IGR and 13% derivation.
