… Okowa hurriedly re-award failed Ayakoromo bridge contract
Fear gripped the camp of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, who “betrayed” Southern Nigeria, for the position of the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), after the incoming Governor of Delta state in the 2023 election, under the auspices of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi OON and the SDP Campaign Council took its rally to Burutu, the administrative headquarter of Burutu local government area of the state.
Gbagi promised to complete the Ayakoromo bridge which Okowa abandoned within his first six months as governor.
The camp of the governor’s stooge, Sheriff Oborevwori, PDP flag bearer, was equally thrown off balance, as the biggest private investor in the State, promised to light up Burutu within his first three months.
The former minister of State for education disclosed that in the last one and the half month, he has been designing the bridge to Burutu.
“If that bridge gets here, Burutu will turn to London because the bridge, is a must do”, Gbagi, who does what he says, assured.
The Criminologist gave the assurance on 22nd December 2022, when the SDP governorship Campaign trail stormed Burutu.
According to him, “So many years from 1998 till date, there is no change in Burutu. When I came before, this place was UBA building but the bank has relocated, the money coming from Burutu is sweet but the land is not developed because they don’t like the people and the land.
“They know that you people are important, election is coming. I see all their billboards here. Very soon, they will soon come and give you N5, 000 to buy your votes. Will you remain like that?
“I see no reason why Ogulagha, will have light and Burutu, will not have light. Within six months of my government, I will light up this place. It is not for you to listen to people who will come and lie to you It is not to talk,
“There are a lot of countries in the world that are looking for this type of opportunity, but they don’t have it. What you have here, is a treasure. You people should get ready, there is going to be a revolution in development here.
“That Bridge from Burutu, if I can create 13 Universities within three months as a minister, I will lay the foundation of that bridge within the first three months as governor.
“I am bringing the Germans to come and do the bridge, they have given us the design and that the bridge will cost us $697 million. That is not money, the money you are coughing out daily from this place, is more than that.
“So, all we need to do, is to rededicate ourselves and refuse to leave our mothers and fathers poorer than we met them. Burutu was better 30-40 years ago than Burutu is today. We must change it.
“I don’t know how to tell lie, I am not corruptible, there’s no way on this earth you can get me to do what is wrong. That is why you see me develop the place.
“If they with the kind of money they have stolen, develop the State, Delta State would have turned to Dubai. but because of fear of where they took the money from, they launder the money”.
He called on the people to vote massively for all SDP candidates.
Also, Elder Fred Owotorofa, South-south Vice Chairman of SDP, said: “all PDP has done is exploitation, promises that have and will never be kept. It is all deceit.
“SDP will change the narrative with Gbagi as governor come 2023. The highest tertiary institution that we have, is the school of Maritime Technology.
“Gbagi has character and you need somebody of credibility. In Gbagi you will find that. Gbagi is an entrepreneur, he knows how to turn lives around to move things from no money to wealth.
“There’s a man who is determine to make it happen, and God will give him the strength to do it. Don’t vote for PDP and APC, vote for SDP”, he solicited.
The House of Assembly candidate for Burutu North State Constituency I, Hon. Captain Eniye Matthew Sawacha Jnr. said: “If you vote for Okowa, it is his third tenure, where is our 13 % oil money, Ijaw suffers most under the PDP government,
“Burutu seaport, is a story, we are suffering, Ayakoromo bridge will be completed, yet nothing. Burutu is the headquarters of the LGA, but we are suffering.
“This is the time for change, Burutu feeds the country. Bite out all the PDP Representatives and vote for Gbagi
Meanwhile, a jittery Okowa, has hurriedly announced that his administration had re-awarded the Ayakoromo Bridge contract to Setraco Nigeria Limited.
It would be recall that the Okowa’s administration, terminated the Bridge contract after it reviewed it from the initial contract sum of N6 billion to N10.5 billion.
