Political Briefs
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PATRICK Osakwe, a serving senator, has endorsed the candidature of Tony Chuks Obuh as the governorship aspiration of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Osakwe described Obuh as a humble and intelligent gentleman who has been a key player in the PDP political engineering in Delta State.
Osakwe also commended Obuh for sponsoring and financing various political pressure groups that had assisted the party in mass mobilisation of eligible voters for PDP victories in various elections.
Speaking to a huge crowd that assembled at his country home in Ndokwa West to receive the key governorship aspirant, Osakwe, however, said that the PDP would queue behind Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan as the leader of the party in the state, for the consensus adoption of the most qualified aspirant. “He who the system says will be our governorship candidate will certainly be the one that will carry the day. It is either you are in or you are out, period. Those working against Governor Uduaghan are wasting their time. He is our party leader and we shall go with him in the present political dispensation. He knows the best among the aspirants,” Osakwe said.
The senator in the same vein commended Uduaghan for his efforts developing the state. “Asaba International Airport is one of the legacies of His Excellency. His vision for Delta State is great and we need someone that is not the enemy of the governor to finish and improve upon the enviable performances of the Uduaghan administration,” he said.
Nevertheless Osakwe wants Obuh to be the person to step into Uduaghan’s shoes. “I say here and now that my political structures in Ndokwa and beyond have today adopted Sir Tony Chuks Obuh as our governorship aspirant and come November 29, 2014, he will surely clinch the PDP governorship ticket, by the special grace of God,” Osakwe said.
Earlier, Obuh told the senator and political tactician that his success at the party primaries and at the polls would require the total support and push of Osakwe’s political structures within the Ndokwa nation and across board. He said his sole objective of aspiring to the office of governor of Delta State was to build on the remarkable success of the Uduaghan administration and take Delta State to a higher socio-economic and political level.
Obuh asserted that Deltans would enjoy the dividends of democracy in a greater measure if elected in 2015, pointing out that his administration would focus on youth and women empowerment through vocational training, skills acquisition supported via the provision of initial take-off capital in line with the Delta Beyond Oil vision.
— Oct. 27, 2014 @ 01:00 GMT
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