THE Delta State Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister (Chief) Isaacs Itebu has commended the executives of Okpe Ward 1 for being consistent with the mandatory monthly ward meeting of the party.
Chief Itebu, who gave the commendation at Orerokpe while introducing the new Exco of PDP Okpe Ward One, said the meeting was aimed at ensuring that the Ward remained united before, during and after elections, to prevent members from cross carpeting.
The State PDP scribe commended the Director-General of the Warri, Uvwie and Environs Special Area Development Agency (WUEDA), Prince Godwin Ejinyere, for driving the process, describing him as a mobilizer and unifier.
Earlier, the mammoth crowd of PDP faithful, led by Prince Godwin Ejinyere, defied the heavy downpour to dance round the cenotaph singing solidarity songs in support and praise of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for his giant strides in the socio-economic and infrastructural development of Delta State, Okpe Kingdom in particular.
Ejinyere, who is also the Duke of Orerokpe District, and former Chairman of Okpe Local Government, appealed to any part of the state that had not benefited from the MORE Agenda of Governor Oborevwori to be patient as Rome was not built in a day.
He cited the ongoing roads, university campus and hospital projects in Orerokpe and its environs as evidence of the good works of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori in Okpe Kingdom, and urged Okpe people to continue to support and pray for him to succeed.
A Special Adviser to Governor Oborevwori on Political Matters, Hon. Ramson Ikueki stressed the need for a synergy of efforts among PDP leaders at all levels for better results in all general elections, describing Sheriff Oborevwori as a talk na do Governor who deserved the support and cooperation of all Deltans.
Also speaking, the PDP Chairman in Okpe Local Government Area, Hon. David Agbaminor thanked the people of Okpe Ward One for voting en mass for the PDP during the governorship and local government elections, and charged them to sustain the tempo in future polls, while the PDP Okpe Ward One Chairman, Comrade Paul Ogbogbo, said the meeting was the first since the Exco was constituted.
A former Delta State Works Commissioner, Hon. James Agouye, who is now a member representing the Okpe Constituency in the Delta State House of Assembly, as well as a former Vice Chairman of Okpe Local Government, Hon. Mrs. Best Ejinyere, were among political leaders in Okpe who attended the meeting.
Highpoints of the meeting were the unanimous vote of absolute confidence on the Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, passed by the party for good governance and development of the entire state and the introduction of Okpe Ward 1 executive members and sixteen political appointees by the State PDP Secretary, and the receiving of members of other political parties who decamped to the PDP.
