KWALE/Nigeria: Delta State Government has charged youths to participate fully in electoral process to contribute their quota in the governance of the state.
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, gave this charge Friday, September 24, 2021 during the Ikolobie Ndokwa Youth Summit (Grand Finale) which held at Owessei Primary School, Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area.
The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chief Patrick Ukah, said the youths had all it takes to make impact in governance if they become united and speak with one voice which and become a formidable force during elections.
Okowa admonished the youths to join in the electoral process by ensuring that they register in the ongoing INEC registration exercise, while also urging PDP youths to take advantage of the online registration to become registered members of the party.
Secretary to the Delta State Government, Chief Patrick Ukah giving his remarks when he represented Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State at the Ndokwa Youth Summit in Kwale
The governor commended Ikolobie Ndokwa for organising the summit, which noted, had succeeded in bringing all the youths in Ndokwa nation under one body, adding that with the feat, they could achieve more for Ndokwa nation.
He assured the Ndokwa ethnic nationality that his administration would carry out more infrastructural developments in the state till the last day in office and that Ndokwa nation would not be left out.
Earlier in his address, the President General of Ikolobie Ndokwa, Comrade Anslem Nzete, said that the body was established in 2019 with the aim of keeping Ndokwa youths abreast of government policies and programmes.
He said that the initiative was to get the youths of Ndokwa nation to brainstorm with their leaders on the way forward for the Ndokwa people.
Also speaking, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of Ikolobie Ndokwa, Hon. Nnamdi Ezechi, said that the summit was to brainstorm on issues affecting Ndokwa youths with a view to galvanizing them to become more relevant in the political landscape and relate better with their leaders, adding that the summit will also propagate the good works of the governor.
In their separate remarks, the Commissioner for Finance, Sir Fidelis Tilijie, Commissioner for Youth Development, Comrade Ifeanyi Egwuyenga, and the Commissioner for Housing, Chief Festus Ochonogor, among others, commended Ikolobie Ndokwa for organising the summit.
They urged the body to continue to sensitize Ndokwa youths on the achievements of the present administration and galvanize them to vote PDP in the 2023 general elections.
