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| Peter Eloka Okocha |
ABUJA- People’s Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant, in Delta State, Mr. Tony Obuh, has described President Goodluck Jonathan as a good product that well-meaning Nigerians were pleased to relate with.
Obuh stated this at Abuja when he paid a solidarity visit to the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, TAN, led by Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah.
He said, “I am happy to partner with TAN because everybody wants to partner with something that is good. President Goodluck Jonathan is a good product, which is why we are very happy to associate with him.”
“Mr. President has performed very well in the power sector, in the agricultural sector he has also succeeded in eliminating middlemen in the distribution of fertilizers. He has transformed our airports; the transportation sector has also witnessed tremendous improvements. He needs our support to do more, which is why we are happy to partner with TAN for his re-election,” Obuh stated.
Obuh, one of the leading aspirants in the state, was accompanied by top members of his campaign organization, including the director- general, Chief Fred Majemite, Chief Emma Ejiofor, Frank Nwugo, Arch Ambby, Jude Sinebe, Agbefe Sebastin and Felix Emadoye.
He assured the TAN team, including the Delta State Coordinator, Prince Ned Nook, that the Tony Obuh Campaign Organisation, was unshakably committed to Mr President’s re-election bid and would mobilize its members and resources to support the president.
In his response, Dr Uba expressed joy that Sir Obuh was willing to partner with the NGO, adding that Obuh had all it takes to work with the group.
Source: Vanguard
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| Professor Sylvester Monye |
ASABA – Ahead of the yuletide and the forthcoming general elections in the country, the Delta state PoliceCommand has warned criminals as well as politicians in the state against involving in crimes and encouraging violence, vowing to deal decisively on anyone caught.
The state Commissioner of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, handed this warning at Asaba, during a press briefing where the Command also paraded some suspected armed robbers and cultists arrested in November.
“It is indeed another happy moment for me to welcome you to this press briefing and to showcase some of our major achievements in reducing crime in the Command since the beginning of this month,” he said.
He said operatives of Anti-Crime patrol team from Obiarukwu Division in Ukwuani Local Government Area, while on patrol along New Sapele, Agbor road, intercepted one Toyota Highlander Jeep with, Reg. No. ABH 629 AA withthree occupants, and on sighting the police, they abandoned the vehicle and fled into the bush.
According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that the said vehicle was snatched at gun point from its owner, Engr. Joseph Okolie in Warri the same day, noting that within this month, 12 suspects were arrested, 12 fire arms recovered, six cartridges and four vehicles, as well as two motor cycles were recovered.
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| Hon. Ned Nwoko |
As the drum from the land of the spirit continues to churn out sweet melodies, the sun bird (Nza in ibo) standing by the roadside continues to hop around in complete ecstasy of what its ear was hearing. The probing eyes of the ordinary being wondered in confusion and surprise to what the sun bird was doing but as we say in our adage....''The bird that dances by the bush path has an ear listening to a sweet song coming out from the bush''
As the communiqué issued by the '14 Abuja' governorship aspirants continues to attract more controversial views, new developments are beginning to send strong wind to expose the anus of the fowl. When Delta Decides (DD) raised an alarm last week on the desperate ambition of these governorship aspirants implicated in an alleged signature forgery, we were called names by their political surrogates, they didnt stop at name calling, we were also threatened of legal action but now, we are justified as more revelations have continued to trail the purported communique issued by these aspirants. The community awareness and development network, says President Goodluck Jonathan deserves a second term on account of the impact of his transformation agenda on the nations socio-economic life.
The group gave the endorsement during the maiden edition of its awareness rally for the re-election of president Jonathan which held in Asaba the delta state capital, south-south Nigeria.
According to our reporter, the executive officers of the Community Awareness Development Network, CAWAN, a nongovernmental organization highlighted the catalog of achievement of President Goodluck Jonathan in less than four years. They say the president success story and virtually all sectors of national economy over qualifies him for a second term.
The national women leader, Dr Mrs Mariam Jubril said, "I am in full support to Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan transformation agenda and we urge all Deltans and Nigerians in general to join hands in insuring that come 2015, Goodluck Jonathan emerge as our president."
Another member said, "We deem it necessary to go round all the nook and cranny of Nigeria, all the communities to let them know that Mr. president deserves another chance." CAWAN says even as a non-governmental organization, it feels that the general progress of the Nigerian nation and its people should not be allowed to suffer on the altar of politics.
Accordindg to the state secretary of CAWAN, Delta State, Mr. Egbonimali Shadrack, "Our mission is to foster cooperation, collaboration, networking and exchange of ideas and skills and also identifying challenges and weaknesses militating against Nigeria's socio-economic and political growth and come up with lasting solutions to them."
The Asaba event is the first in a series of nationwide awareness and solidarity rallies planned by the Community Awareness And Development Network for President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2105 election.
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO, the Community Awareness And Development Network (CAWAN), is holding a one-day rally for President Goodluck Jonathan.
The rally which embraces like minds from the South South zone, will take place at the Cenotaph on Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 10 am.
According to the state secretary of CAWAN, Mr. Egbonimali Shedrack, national executive members of the political bigwigs and interest groups expected at the rally.
A governorship aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Sir Tony Chuks Obuh, has debunked allegations that he was quizzed by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Abuja over alleged sums of money found in his account.
Obuh said that the allegation was unfounded adding that he was had never been invited by the EFCC to explain any financial transaction.
The front-line governorship aspirants said he had been as free as air pointing out that he was busy planning the formal declaration of his aspiration to be governor in 2015.
Said Obuh: “Ï was not invited by the EFCC either by letter or by phone call, to respond to anything or to account for anything. As you can see, I am working freely on the streets of Nigeria and particularly Delta State. I came from Delta State on Sunday and I participated in the ward congress held last Saturday. I had no invitation, not even a phone call from any organisation or EFCC, to respond to anything. So, I was never arrested, detained or queried by any organisation”.
According to Obuh, the allegations that he had been invited and detained by the EFCC, were ”some of those stories coming from the pit of hell and created by those who have decided to abandon the issues, in terms of political contest, to blackmail or run others down.”
On how he would tackle the issue of graft, the aspirant said there was need for collaboration of all stakeholders, adding however, that he was out for lasting legacies.
” For me as a person, I have been in the civil service for 32 years. I have not heard of any invitation from anybody, both within or from the EFCC to answer or respond to any enquiry as to corrupt practices in all the ministries I have worked. If I have been able to keep a clean bill, rising to the position of Permanent Secretary, a position that I will continue to cherish all the days of my life, I do not think that I will now go out, in the terminal days of my life, to do something that will give me sad memories. At 57, I am closer to where I am going to. What I am looking for now is something that can leave my name as a legacy, both for my family and to the people of the state. I am not going to do anything to soil that image,” he added
A maritime expert and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State for the 2015 elections, Mr. Peter Okocha, on Sunday said he would introduce a private sector mentality into the business of governance.
He also said he would run a ‘pan-Deltan’ government which would use the 13 per cent derivation fund to develop the oil-producing areas of the state.
Okocha’s position was contained in a statement by his Campaign Organisation which said the aspirant made the promise at the National Secretariat PDP in Abuja when he returned his Expression of Interest Form for the governorship race in Delta State.
“It is my intention to introduce the private sector mentality into the business of governance. In fact, good corporate governance would be the driving force of my government. Civil servants must deliver efficient services and appropriately remunerated.
“Furthermore, if elected, I will use the 13 per cent derivation fund to develop the oil- producing areas of the state because the people in these areas suffer environmental degradation, untold health hazards as well as economic deprivation resulting from oil exploration activities.
“My government would be pan-Deltan. No part of the state would feel abandoned and I assuredly declare that it is my intention to build on the legacy of the present administration,” he said.
DETERMINED to clear his name of any financial misdemeanor, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has threatened to institute a legal action against one Odafe Harry, a Facebook user, who accused him of looting the state treasury.
Uduaghan, on his Facebook account with the name Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, contended that he had already briefed his lawyers to institute a legal action against Odafe to show the veracity of his claim.
Odafe, in his 30s, last week Friday, posted on a Facebook group, “DELTANS; HOW UNA SEE AM?” with Uduaghan’s picture calling people’s attention to “behold the face of the greatest looter of our time; Deltans, would we allow this thief to go to the Senate?”
The post has attracted 110 comments and 16 likes from members of the forum, but Uduaghan said Odafe must come out to prove before a competent court that the allegation was true.
The governor‘s post came 14 hours later, at exactly 8.09 a.m. on Saturday.
Uduaghan insisted that since the accuser had the right to speak his mind, he also had the right to clear his name.
Uduaghan’s post in the same group read: “Dear admin. My attention has been drawn to a post by one Odafe Harry at 6.18.p.m. on Sunday. While he has his right to say his mind, I also have my right to clear my name. I am, therefore, briefing my lawyers. Odafe needs to give the facts of the money I looted, how I looted the money and where I am keeping the money.”
Source: Tribune
As the jostling of who succeed the incumbent Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan becomes intense, the former Commissioner for Power and Energy and a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governorship aspirant in Delta state, Hon. Charles Emetulu picked his governorship nomination form at the PDP secretariat in Abuja, thereby dispelling the rumour that he has backed out of the race.
Emetulu believed in the political circle in Delta state as the, “bridge that link Delta North, Central and South,” because of the strategic position of the Ndokwa people who are strong political allies of the Urhobos.
ADVOCATE gathered that he resigned his appointment on Wednesday, 15th, October 2014, to enable him contest the Governorship election in Delta state and was also among those the Anioma leaders submitted their name to the President for consideration.
According to Hon. Emetulu, he said that he is in the race having consulted his family and associates, and he is convinced that if supported by the PDP to emerge as its candidate, he has the capacity to take Delta State to the next level, by consolidating and building on the gains so far recorded by the Uduaghan’s government, which he have beenna part.
Reacting to media report in one of the community paper in the state that he failed to resign from office before the deadline set by the PDP for all political appointee to resign if they are seeking elective position; Hon. Emetulu described the report as the figment of the reports’ imagination as the records are very clear that he tendered his resignation on October 15, 2014, five days before the party deadline.
He therefore, urged the good people of Delta state to disregard the said publication which according to him is the hallmark of junk journalism because the reporter has access to him to confirm his story but chose to be mischievous.
Hon. Emetulu also called on PDP delegates to the state congress to see him as the new face of Delta which embodies equity, justice and fairness, by voting enmasse for him at the party governorship primary scheduled for November 29, 2014.
He also promised to run all-inclusive government, where all sections of Delta state would have a sense of belonging, by giving to all parts of the state what is due to it, without forgetting the critical sector, the youth and the women empowerment which would become one of his cardinal policies.
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