2023: Delta PDP Has No Written Agreement on Zoning Governorship — Commissioner
Delta Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, has said that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no written agreement on zoning for the governorship election, come 2023.
Aniagwu disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Asaba. He noted that there were capable men and women in the state with the. capacity to take over the seat of the governor at the end of Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa’s tenure. According to him, ethnic groups do not exist in isolation but in the senatorial districts, adding that anybody the people of the state choose must belong to one senatorial district be it Delta North, Delta Central, or Delta South.
“There is no written agreement as to where you are to zone to, usually what happens is that the leaders come together and look at the sentiments and begin to think that there is the need for inclusive governance.”
”There are a whole lot of very credible people of Delta that are taking a shot at the seat, particularly from Delta Central and Delta South. “These individuals are individuals who can hold their grounds any time and any day and have played their roles one way or the other towards the advancement of the developmental agenda of the State since 1999.
“Whether it is Delta Central or Delta South, the people of Delta are going to be the ones to decide but what is going to be the most paramount is the need to sustain the development of the state.
“There will be primaries where members of the party from across the three senatorial districts will gather and elect who is going to be the flag bearer,” he said. Aniagwu added, “what is going to happen in 2022 is not going to be different.
“Everybody who is interested in law will be allowed to contest; nobody is going to stop anybody, it is up to the electorates at the end of the day to decide whom they are going to cast their ballot for.
“But I am very convinced that at the end of the day, the people are going to vote for competence. “They will vote for the ability to unite us the more, they will vote for the continuation of the many good things that Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa is doing and that is most paramount and on that premise, I can assure you the people of Delta will vote and they will vote very wisely. Aniagwu expressed optimism that with the remarkable achievements recorded by Gov. Okowa, it would be very difficult for any political party in the state to compete against the PDP come 2023 elections. He said in nearly seven years on the saddle, Gov. Okowa has constantly paid workers’ salaries as at when due, built over 1600 km of road infrastructure and drainages, human capital development and uniting the peaceful people of the state. According to Aniagwu, the PDP in the state has done well to defeat any other political party in any election.