ASABA/Nigeria: The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Delta State has called the recent move to the All Progressive Congress, APC of Dr. Cairo Ojougboh comical, laughable farcical drama.
In a statement made available to Ndokwa Reporters, a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary, Ifeanyi Michael Osuoza, said the move did not come to the party as a surprise.
The party said that the former south south vice chairman has devised devious plot after another in his futile attempts to discredit Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and distract him from delivering good governance and prosperity to Deltans.
The statement berated the decampee for trying to give falsehood to the world on the activities of the party and the government of Delta state under senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa.
“The farce of decamping which was played out by Dr. Cairo Ojougboh had thus long been anticipated and factored into the dynamic calculations of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but while not wishing to join issues with him, as a responsible political organization, we wish to however state categorically for record purposes and for the avoidance of doubt, that we find some of the allegations raised as reasons for his decamping as spurious, frivolous, unfounded, annoying and sadly disappointing especially coming from a politician of his now questionable political stature”.
It called to question on Dr. Ojougboh’s statement on the second tenure of Okowa and the Paris Club Refund.
“Dr. Cairo Ojougboh listed multiple sentimental and wishful falsehoods and mis-information to coax himself and his motely crowd of delusional acolytes and sympathisers, clamouring in their fools paradise that Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, will not get a second term come 2019, into the limbo of political fantasy and irrationality”.
“Our dear Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, the Ekwueme of the Universe will commence and complete his mandatory second tenure as the Governor of Delta State from 2019. The massive and extra ordinary achievements accomplished with the very brilliant and articulate SMART Agenda, in virtually all sectors of Delta State, in spite of the crunching economic conditions he has faced since assuming office are outstanding and irrevocable testimonies to justify the yearnings and desire of Deltans for their darling Ekwueme to continue and consolidate on the good works he has started in the State”.
“We want to place it on record that the pathetic ignorance displayed by Dr. Ojougboh over the disbursement of the Paris Club refund from the Federal Government has not only been addressed comprehensively by the Delta State government, but has been corroborated by Local government officials, Pensioners, Contractors handling major infrastructural projects and a list of other key beneficiaries, who have all issued verifiable statements in major print, electronic and other responsible media platforms, confirming their receipt of the refund appropriation as detailed by the State government”.
“Apparently it seems difficult for Dr. Cairo Ojougboh to comprehend the clearly stated application of the bailout and Paris Club refunds. In that case he should feel free to contact Labour leaders in the State, we further advise Dr. Ojougboh to stop wallowing in the kind of ignorance unbecoming of the minimal credibility left in his fading political stature and stop embarassing himself with watery and simplistic arguments that do not dignify or edify him”.
It stated that despite the hard economic condition the country found itself since 2015, the Okowa’s government had been proactive in seeing that delta is well developed and the welfare of the people highly regarded.
“we have said it for the umpteenth time that the harsh economic situation which Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and indeed the rest of the country embraced when he came into office in 2015, meant that a lot of brave and bold financial decisions had to be made to adjust to the crippling economic situation, but that despite this strategic re-positioning, Delta State has remained one of the very few States in the country to pay workers salaries regularly and has even gone ahead to plug loopholes, stem wastages and corrected systems and even tackled and arrested incidents of sabotage where they have reared their ugly heads in the last two years”.
“Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa’s administration has never shied away from transparently informing citizens on all aspects of the management of their financial resources. On regular basis, he has fearlessly and honestly engaged citizens through town hall meetings, live radio and television programs and other interactive fora, to leverage with them on the financial situation of the State and the brave initiatives his administration has employed to address both the present and the future fortunes of the State”.
“In addition to this very laudable achievement, the Delta State government has even in the face of recession, created over Forty Two Thousand direct and indirect jobs, through the YAGEP, STEP, PPSP, Micro Credit scheme and its Agricultural initiatives and collaboration with major establishments like the Central Bank amongst others”.
On the issue of Teachers Salary, the party stated that teachers are not being owned salary in the state, which had been confirmed by the Teachers Union.
“Let us further place on record that Teachers are not being owed salaries in Delta State and even the Teachers Union has confirmed this unequivocally. Besides, the brief mis-understanding over the payment of Primary School Teachers was resolved amicably and the issue over whose responsibility it is to pay Primary School Teachers addressed to the satisfaction of all the parties. So we are at a loss as to why a so-called seasoned politician who has also served as law maker at the national level can and will display such crass ignorance over a matter that is even entrenched in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Needless to state how quite unfortunate such fabricated tissues of lies against the government and leadership of the party coming from someone who rode on the popularity and acceptability of our party to get to the National Assembly”.
The party stated that the joy of happiness shown by the people of Ika South on his Exit from the party indicates his irrelevance in the party, as they called good riddance to bad rubbish.
“The outbursts of exuberant euphoria which greeted his decision to exit from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by majority of the constituents in Ika South, not only by his own people, but indeed the entire Ika nation, was a clear and resounding testimony that the even his own kinsmen, who had endured his recalcitrance and political shenanigans with long suffering perseverance over the years, are now happy that they have finally got rid of this political pestilence that has afflicted them for so long”.
