Ahead of the local government elections scheduled to hold in Delta state soon, the state governor, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori submitted on Sunday that the ruling party, the PDP, will not allow anyone to force candidate on the people.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com noted that Governor Oborevwori ,who disclosed this during the meeting attended by PDP stakeholders in Delta Central Senatorial District at his Osubi country home, said the Delta state Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, would soon come out with a timetable for the LG elections.
He said: “Delta state is one of the most solid states in Nigeria. Very soon we will have our local government elections. Like what the State Chairman of our party said, it is DSIEC that is in charge. They will come out with a timetable after their meeting with the parties.
Only popular candidates that the people love and generally accepted by all stakeholders, will emerge as candidates of the party.
We will not accept any candidate through the back door. For anybody to emerge, it must be a collective decision from the wards and must be a popular candidate. Collectively we must agree on candidates so that the primary election can be smooth’.
The governor had earlier thanked the party leaders for their support and for the vote of confidence passed on him and his administration.
‘I appreciate our leaders for standing by me since after my swearing-in. This is the first time that we are holding a meeting like this.
You have been praying for me and supporting me, God will continue to bless you all. It is good for us to be united as it is in other Senatorial districts.
I will not disappoint Deltans. Delta state is PDP and PDP is Delta state and what is happening in other states is not happening here. There is no power tussle or fight in Delta. Everything is going on well and our people are happy’ he said.
High point of the meeting was the passing of vote of confidence on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his enormous performance in nearly one year in office.
The vote of confidence was moved by former Secretary to the State Government, Rt. Hon. Festus Agas and seconded by a former member of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Emmanuel Ighomena.
In moving the motion, Agas said Governor Oborevwori has continued to steer the ship of state by faithfully implementing the MORE Agenda through the execution of life -changing projects across the three senatorial districts of the state.
The state PDP Chairman , Dr Kingsley Esiso said it is the responsibility of leaders from the district to continue to support the Oborevwori administration .
He added that following the expiration of the tenure of the former political office holders at the Ward and Local Government levels, Caretaker Committees have been set up to serve for three months.
He said the National Executive Committee of the party had put machinery in motion to elect substantive executives through congresses.
Earlier in his remarks, Chairman, Delta Central PDP, Chief Patrick Fovie said the meeting was convened to deliberate on issues that would move the party forward in the district and the entire state-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
