2023: Southern President Not Discussed In Asaba, Only PDP Can Rebuild Nigeria – PDP Spokesperson …Says Oborevwori’s M.O.R.E. Agenda’ll Advance Delta, Create More Jobs and Wealth.
ASABA/Nigeria: Assistant Deputy Director, Media and Publicity, Delta State campaign council of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has debunked the claim by elder statesman, Pa E.K. Clark, wherein he alleged that the Governor of Delta State, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, betrayed his southern colleagues over power rotation to the region.
Oghenesivbe who was a guest of Bridge FM Radio on Monday noted that the meeting where the 2023 Southern President issue was discussed could not have been in Asaba, saying that the matter was discussed under AOB (any other business) at the July 2021 meeting of Southern governors held in Lagos, chaired by Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Delta PDP Campaign Council spokesperson posited that the Southern governors wanted all the major political parties to field politicians from the South as their presidential candidates as they did in 1999, a decision which did not receive the backing of the Board of Trustee and the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, adding that governor Okowa as a loyal party chieftain could not have single-handedly gone against PDP’s decision not to zone the presidential ticket to any region, whether Southern or Northern Nigeria.
Oghenesivbe who is also the Executive Assistant on Communications to PDP Vice Presidential Candidate, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Arthur, said his boss is well known to be a promise keeper, and that in the instant case, it was beyond Okowa’s powers to go against the party’s decision not to zone the presidential ticket to any zone in the country.
He appealed to Pa E.K Clark, whom he described as a well-respected Pan Deltan and Niger Delta leader, to see things from the right perspectives, and not to play electioneering politics with a matter that was never in dispute, as can be seen from PDP’s decision not to zone the presidential ticket to any zone, whether Southern or Northern Nigeria, wherein Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of Northern region won the keenly contested presidential primary.
Oghenesivbe berated the All Progressives Congress, over what he described as “retrogressive economic policies and for mismanaging the robust economy it inherited from PDP in 2015,” noting that the circulation of the resigned Naira Notes was grossly mismanaged to the extent that life became more unbearable, coupled with prolonged fuel scarcity, insecurity and huge debt burden of N77 trillion, which was needlessly obtained and misappropriated under APC national government led by President Mohmmadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He urged Nigerians, especially registered voters who are yet to collect their Permanent Voters Cards, to collect their PVCs and vote out APC on February 25 and March 11, this year, noting that life was good under the PDP administration between 1999 and 2015, and appealed to Nigerians to continue to partner with PDP, Atiku-Okowa to reset and result Nigeria from May 29, this year.
And in Delta State, the PDP campaign council spokesperson assured that the M.O.R.E agenda of the governorship candidate, Rt Hon Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, will advance Delta State from where governor Okowa will stop on May 29, this year, saying that Oborevwori is poised to bring about; meaningful development, the opportunity for all Deltans, realistic reforms and enhanced peace and security, anchored on transparency, accountability and credible leadership for the benefit of all Deltans.
Oghenesivbe disclosed that Oborevwori’s mission is to run an all inclusive, open and responsive government that will meet the needs and aspirations of Deltans through infrastructure development, growth in human capacity development and to sustain social harmony in Delta State.
