When it is said that Delta
State is PDP and PDP is Delta State, the opposition parties in the State deliberately
refuses to accept that naked truth.
Right from the time of Chief Ibori’s administration, at every election
it has always been the same pattern with major opposition parties in the State not
being on ground mobilizing the people towards electoral victory.
Opposition parties in Delta State
largely play their politics on the pages of newspapers and most recently on social
media platforms. They erroneously believe that popularity on those platforms is
synonymous with popularity on the ground.
As we move towards the forthcoming
local government election in the State, the story is not different. Presently,
the Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa is leading the PDP campaigns from one local
government area to the other, foraging into every nooks and cranny mobilizing the
people at the grassroots to support PDP.
At one of the stops, Governor
Okowa enjoined all party members and eligible voters to go from door to door in
all communities to campaign and mobilize for PDP and its candidates; victory is
sure through hard work.
But the APC and its leaders are
busy on the pages of newspapers and social media, rather than come out and
campaign for their chairmanship and other candidates for the 6th January, 2018
local council elections in the State.
While Governor Okowa and other
PDP leaders are busy campaigning, and mobilizing eligible voters across the State,
for the 6th January 2018 local council election, the opposition APC and its
leaders are busy writing letters to royal fathers, respected clergymen and to
Mr. President.
Opposition politics is not
all about Facebook, television and newspapers politics. Election victory goes
beyond sweet grammar in the mass media, it entails mass mobilization of the
people to guarantee victory for party and candidates.
Vitriolic messages in the media
and those letters are cheap propaganda that cannot attract a single vote. To play
the role of serious opposition and secure votes, the opposition parties in Delta
State should emulate PDP by leaving their comfort zone and airconditioned homes
to campaign for their candidates.
As usual, after the election,
it would not be unexpected to see the opposition crying foul. Very soon they
will commence empty propaganda, while screaming and accusing PDP of
manipulating the election.
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