Ilolo To Deltans Ahead 2019 Polls: Let Okowa’s Monumental Achievements Decide Your Vote For Him


BY CHARLES EMENI
AHEAD of the 2019 general elections, Deltans have been advised to look at the monumental achievements of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and how he has, within three years, positively impacted the lives of the people.
Giving the advice in an interview in Asaba, the State Commissioner, Directorate of Local Government Affairs, Mr. Oghenekaro Ilolo, said that ‘it is amazing how Governor Okowa has been able to manage the states’ resources, even in the face of economic recession, such that the negative effect of the recession was minimally felt in the state.’
He listed some of the monumental achievements of the governor, within the short period he has been in office to include regular payment of workers’ salaries, the peace and security being enjoyed in the state, which has led to the attraction of investors to do business in the state, massive roads construction and rehabilitation that cuts across the three senatorial districts.
Others, he said included the ongoing work at the Asaba Airport, the storm drain project and the new secretariat project in Asaba, where work is going on day and night.
Also, worthy of mention, he said, is Governor Okowa’s commitment to linking the riverine areas like Ogulaha and other Ijaw and Itsekiri communities with roads that would help to boost the socio-economic life of the people.
For the sake of this and many more, the commissioner said that Deltans are lucky to have Senator Okowa as their governor. “I am saying this with a sense of responsibility that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is the man to watch out for in the 2019 governorship election in Delta State,’’ the commissioner said. While saying that the governor’s achievements so far are unprecedented and reflect the true personality that he is, the commissioner attributed his success story to his “all inclusive approach” to handling the affairs of the state.
Beyond this, he said that Deltans ‘are fortunate to have a governor who has a listening ear and who is ideas-driven in Governor Okowa’ whom, he said, has seen it all in politics and administration, adding that he was a local government chairman, civil commissioner, secretary to state government, a distinguished senator and now the Executive Governor of Delta State.
“And having been through all of these, he is well grounded not only for the position of Governor of Delta State now, but for re-election to the same position, come 2019.And as proof that the governor is in charge and that he is the man to watch out for in 2019, you need to be on top of your game when you are working with him because he is thoroughly efficient and has no room for mediocrity in his cabinet,” the commissioner said.