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A leader of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Delta state, Hon Chuks Erhire has disagreed with the leadership of the lnter Party Advisory Committee, (IPAC) in the state over its statement regarding the Solidarity Walk in Kwale, for President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege 2027 political ambition.
IPAC leaders in the state had recently described the solidarity walk as unnecessary and distraction just as it condemned the walk.
But Erhire who reacted on the heels of IPAC’s criticism of the solidarity walk called for enlightment of politicians on the fundamentals of the constitution as it relates to public gatherings, freedom of expression and freedom of speech.
While saying he watched with consternation the reactions by IPAC, maintained that it is a shame that IPAC leaders do not understand that people have the constitutional authority or that the constitution expressway gives individuals and groups the right to express themselves freely, to congregate, to associate and to freedom of movement in Nigeria.
According to him, “there is nothing wrong with us showing solidarity with performers; with people coming out to say that hitherto Ndokwa nation was in the dark and consigned to the dark side of history until Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, though elected as Senator to represent Delta Central, stepped into Ndokwa nation and took them from gross darkness to a global limelight by influencing the establishment of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences in Kwale.
“What is wrong with the Ndokwa people, drawn from the Ndokwa and Ukwuani Federal constituency and people of like minds being people with good conscience coming together to say thank you to Mr. President and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege over what they consider as a monumental feat in their land?
“Painfully , enemies of the state has lost sleep because Ndokwa people thought that it was important to say thank you and to reward the work Senator Ovie Omo-Agege did in influencing that university to Kwale, and for all the monumental projects that he established across the three local governments that make up Ndokwa and Ukwuani federal constituency.
“They thought that they should come together to say thank you to Mr. President and thank you to Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and that the best way to pay them back is to assure them that in 2027, they will give Asiwaju Bola-Ahmed Tinubu 100 per cent votes and that they will also support Senator Ovie aspiration to come and rescue to Delta state as the Governor of Delta state.
“If IPAC thinks that there is anything wrong with us showing solidarity to great performers, then I think that these people that call themselves IPAC do not understand the mandate of IPAC. They also do not mean well for Delta state because I insist that only the best is good enough for Delta state.
“Delta people can no longer take this state of arrested development in Delta state. We need a Governor that can differentiate between projects and programs. A Governor that understands the three fundamentals of projects; scope, price and time”. A Governor that will not sleep in a project for eternity while the people are suffering.
“We need a Governor who knows and understands that for you to be able to run a system effectively there is a place for goals, objectives, strategy, planning and then action plan and proper execution; that is what we need.
“And we know that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege have all of this, and that is why we are advocating and we stand by our position that, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege is the best material for the governorship race in Delta state in 2027.
“The resources in Delta state are more than enough for us to live like executive citizens. Nobody in Delta state is supposed to be living in squalor. We have all the resources we need to achieve the above.
“Delta state receives the highest revenue from the Federation Account. We also receive the highest revenue from the 13 per cent derivation and IGR in Nigeria but what we have in Delta state is a clear manifestation of poor leadership” Erhire stated.