Against
the backdrops of election violence and scheming that must have occurred on or
before the April 11th Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in Delta
State, the permutation of election’s victory went well for the PDP.
Right from when parties’ primaries were
concluded across the country and the opportunity for victory was clear with the
adoption of Great Ogboru as Labour party candidate and Otega Emerho as the APC
Party’s flag bearer. With both contesting on Urhobo platform and
Uvwiamuge declaration, PDP was so sure of victory which many of the members
described as easy and sweet victory.
Some
mistakes and political miscalculations cost the two opposition parties the most
prized seat in the State. So many factors stood against them right from buildup
of the elections.
The
question is: Why was it so easy for PDP to sweep Delta State? Great Ogboru and
Otega Emerho limited their candidacy to ethnic support. The 2015 Governorship
election for the two main opposition parties in Delta State was without the
steam and fanfare which characterized the DPP 2011 elections.
Senator
Ifeanyi Okowa stole the show completely by introducing a charisma that put opposition
candidates on the defense. While Senator Okowa’s campaign covered
the entire State, the two opposition candidates were known to have introduced
ethnic dimension based on Uvwiamuge declaration. This actually backfired on them
as even their choices of Deputy were not popular names.
At
this crucial deciding point of Delta State economy, we needed the right person
for the job. Let’s derive some inspiration from history. People tend to think
of Winston Churchill as one of the great leaders of the 20th century, and in
May, 1940, Winston Churchill was the only person who could have kept Great
Britain in the war against Adolf Hitler. He was a hero. At
that moment, at that point in time he was the best person for the job.
Senator
Ifeanyi Okowa is the man with the experience in terms of exposure to lead Delta
State and this contributed foremost to why Deltans voted for him. To move
further, the State needs a new leader with multi-faceted knowledge in bringing
to bear the people’s aspirations. Majority of the people of the
State look forward to having an economy that the dependency of survival will
not rest alone on the shoulders of Government but on the private sector.
If
the economy is going to be pushed higher, it needs intense private-sector
competition for availability of jobs and more wealth, neither of which are
going to develop if the economy is operating through public funding. The
earlier the dependency of the State transcends the public management, the more
jobs will be created for the teeming unemployed masses, both skill and
unskilled labour.
The
Governor-elect, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has all the skills needed in the
transformation of Delta State from a civil service State to a private sector
driven economy. Great leaders are effectively skillful.
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