Utomi, Tilije declares interest in Delta governorship seat

     

Two prominent sons of the Anioma community in Delta State, Professor Pat Utomi and Chief Fidelis Tilije, have declared their intention to run for the governorship seat of Delta State in 2015 under the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Prof. Utomi is a renowned economist and Director of Lagos Business School, while Chief Tilije, was three-time former running mate to Great Ogboru, a governorship candidate of the Democratic People’s Party (DPP).

Speaking during an enlarged meeting of the Anioma APC Leaders Forum, held at his country home in Ibusa, Oshimili North local government area of Delta state, Utomi, a former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP), said he was moved to join the governorship race in his own state to contribute his quota to the good governance of the state, stressing that “enough is enough.

While promising to turn around the fortune of the state for the better, Prof. Utomi enjoined the people to rally round him and work for the interest of the party in the state and at the national level.

On his part, Chief Tilije, said he decided to join the governorship race to give Deltans good governance as the state under Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan was a shadow of itself.
In his speech earlier, Chairman of Anioma APC Leaders Forum, Engr. Hyacinth Enuha, also carpeted the state government, describing it as “a visible monumental failure in all ramifications.

“What we see here in Delta state is all about advertisement on the pages of newspapers, but we that are on ground here don’t see those things that are been advertised on the pages of newspapers,” he said.