N42trn: Only Omo-Agege Can Rescue Delta From Financial Recklessness – Akpodubakaye

Former Delta State House of Assembly aspirant for Warri South-West Constituency on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Engr Jude Akpodubakaye has said only the deputy senate president and governorship candidate of the APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege can carefully manage the resources of Delta State when elected governor of the state.

Speaking with newsmen in Abuja yesterday, Engr Akpodubakaye maintained that the APC governorship candidate, Omo-Agege has what it takes to judiciously shepherd Delta State away from the present risk of governance.

He said at the same time while staying true to his electioneering campaign promises, respecting the law of the land with due regard to the sensitivities of politics and the various interests in the state.

Engr. Akpodubakaye, an entrepreneur and a software engineer, while reacting to an earlier interview the Deputy Senate President had granted to State House Correspondents at the Presidential Villa, on the financial recklessness of the Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa-led PDP administration in the state, said though it will be a herculean task to rebuild the state’s economy from where it is now because of the high level of financial recklessness, the incoming governor of the APC has the managerial ability chart course for the state. 

He said it was mind-boggling that about N4.2 trillion received by the PDP administration by way of federal allocations, inclusive of the recently exposed 13% derivation deductions in addition to another N400 billion  had been so far borrowed.

He pointed out that there seems to be no commensurate infrastructural development in all sectors ranging from education, health, job creation, and human resource development for the seven and half years the PDP has governed the state. 

Engr Akpodubakaye, commended the governor of Rivers State,  Nyesom Wike for being courageous to make public the additional funds that accrued to the South south states on account of 13% derivation shortfall payment where Delta State reportedly got N260 billion.

He added that there is nothing on the ground commensurate with all of these financial receipts that had come to the state. 

While corroborating the earlier claim of the Deputy Senate President and governorship candidate of the APC in Delta State, Engr. Akpodubakaye regretted that the people of the state were now fed up with the PDP maladministration and as such are yearning for a change.

He assured that Senator Omo-Agege will provide the platform for the anticipated rapid socio-economic development of Delta State when elected governor in the forthcoming governorship polls.