Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori yesterday said the government would not be dragged too early into politics as it was focused on governance and delivering on the More Agenda.
The state commissioner for Works (Rural Roads) and Public Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this while speaking on a radio programme monitored in Asaba, the state capital.
He said the opposition was free to talk and play politics, but the state government would be talking governance, and when the time came to talk politics, it would let them know that its politics was showing them what it had done.
“The opposition can play politics. I know that Governor Oborevwori has a lot to showcase in his report card, and the opposition in the state is already unsettling.
“The opposition wants to drag us into politics too early, but we don’t want to go there now, we have said we will reply to them with more projects.
“When they talk, we show them projects because the project is our report card. Remember, in 2022/2023, we told you that they will disappear after the election and are resurfacing today, but that does not mean they will be sustainable.
“We will continue to bring the projects to our people because that’s the major plank of Governor Oborevwori’s MORE agenda, and the projects will continue to speak for us.”
Aniagwu remarked that Governor Oborevwori is emphatically responding to the promises made during electioneering campaigns.
He said the state government was making progress in its development as part of concerted efforts to improve connectivity across the state.
On the reasons some projects were not moving as expected, Aniagwu said the increase in the price of goods, especially construction materials, was responsible.
“We need to ensure that the review of such projects would be such that the state is not short-changed.”
“When Oborevwori took over, there was a spiral in construction materials prices due to subsidy removal. This significantly affected contractors, necessitating upward review of such projects,” he stated.
