The Deputy Senate President and governorship candidate of the Delta All Progressives Congress, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, accused the Peoples Democratic Party of driving away businesses that once boosted the country’s economy through organized criminal extortion, known in local parlance as “deve.”
According to him, it was the PDP that started the illegal and unregulated corporate and business tax in Osubi area, which quickly spread to Uwvie and then to other parts of the country.
Omo-Agege, while speaking in Otor-Udu, Ovwian and Aladja, during the APC ward campaign, said that widespread illegal taxation and general intimidation of private businesses in the country have caused many people to join or migrate. from Delta.
He told the crowd of party loyalists and supporters that the March 11 Delta State governorship election is too important to the fate of the state to be left in the hands of thugs and people of dubious disposition.
He said the next governor is someone who is academically qualified, mentally equipped, and who has an interest in developing the country’s economy.
“At this critical stage, Delta does not need a governor who does not have basic knowledge of development economics that can design policies that will have a positive impact on the people of the state,” he said.
“Deltans do not need a chairman or leader of touts who have been actively involved in driving away investors who do business here, in the name of ‘Deve’.”
He described the Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, as “a very evil person who does not have the best interests of Deltans at heart.” Therefore, he added, among all the Urhobo sons and daughters serving in his government, “he chose the tout collector and ‘Deve’ to replace him.”
“It is time to chase Okowa and the ‘Deve’cCollector, the Sheriff, away from the State and punish them for misusing the resources of Delta State for seven years and seven months. You can do this by electing all APC candidates,” he said.
He was disappointed with the current situation at the Delta Steel Complex located in Aladja. He said that the purpose of privatization was to increase efficiency and create wealth and employment, the purpose of which has so far been defeated.
He promised to talk to the relevant authorities to do something about the company so that the people can benefit from its presence on their land. He also assured the unpaid DSC pensioners that he would address the issue during his tenure as governor.
Senator Omo-Agege lamented the condition of the strategic Udu Bridge, which he said has become a death trap, “and sorry Governor Ifeanyi Okowa waited for the victims to be recorded so he can form a committee to plan their burials.”
“But I promise you, when I am elected governor by the grace of God, we will rebuild the Udu Bridge. I give you an assurance, we will rebuild the bridge. Will it cost the bridge that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa cannot spare considering the wealth of State, and allow it to continue endangering the lives of Deltans? Trust me, trust me, we will do it. Let’s be the governor and we will solve the problems of the people of Udu”.
Omo-Agege also thumped his chest that he has implemented all the campaign promises he made in 2015 and 2019. From the Light up Urhoboland program where every community in the central Delta has been affected, as well as the renovation and sometimes, the reconstruction of schools. right Central, for new heritage projects, like the Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, among others, which can be confidently said to have been delivered.
Today also, he established a self-help water project built by the beneficiaries of the women empowerment program in Ubogo market, Udu. An unplanned event occurred when enthusiastic market women “surrounded” the campaign convoy and asked them to commission the project, in recognition of their contribution to business.
Speaking earlier, the chairman of Delta APC, Elder Omeni Sobotie, urged Deltans to vote against rascals and hooligans, and vote for all APC candidates, who he described as credible, well educated, and who have the interests of the people at heart.