Lobby For Okowa Presidential Bid Starts In Asaba

A campaign to draft Senator Ifeanyi Okowa into the 2023 presidential campaign has started in Asaba, Delta State with the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Ndudi Elumelu leading the move.

The move is in the face of the fact that the Delta State governor is also one of three hopefuls that have been largely penned down for the vice-presidential ticket should the ticket be won by a northerner.

The lobby to draft Okowa into the contest is coming a few weeks after one of the leading hopefuls, Atiku Abubakar made a silent visit to the Delta State governor in Asaba.

A former local government chairman, commissioner, Secretary to the State Government, and senator before his governorship, Okowa has also won plaudits for his role in organizing conventions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Elumelu, who formally kicked off the presidential bid in Asaba, Delta State on Saturday, stressed that Governor Okowa is endowed with the capacity and proficiencies to rescue the nation from the misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and reposition her to the path of peace, unity and economic prosperity.

The Minority leader, who spoke at the installation of Rotary Club’s 2nd President for 2021/2022 Rotary Club Year (Club of Asaba Downtown District 9141), pointed out that Governor Okowa should serve as the President of the nation so that he can replicate his achievements in massive infrastructural and human capital development in Delta state, at the national level.

“I must commend Governor Okowa for his selfless service and sacrifices that have led to unprecedented massive infrastructural development in our dear state as well as a better living standard for our people.

“Governor Okowa is a rare gift not only to Delta state, but also to our nation Nigeria, at large. I firmly hold that he is endowed with the capacity and proficiencies to serve our nation at the topmost level so that he can replicate the successes recorded in our state at the national level.

“I sincerely call on him to make himself available to serve the nation again. He deserves to be the president of this country, come 2023” Elumelu stated.

The Minority Leader lamented that the nation “has been wrecked by the incompetent, divisive, directionless and blatantly corrupt APC administration and blamed it for the “escalated mass killings, mindless bloodletting, terrorism, banditry, infrastructural decay, acute poverty, excruciating economic hardship and utter hopelessness” now plaguing the nation.

“It has never been this bad in our national history. I therefore beckon on all Nigerians to join hands in the collective democratic efforts to rescue our nation from the stranglehold of the APC. This is more so because there is no way our country can survive if APC is allowed to stay in office a day beyond May 29, 2023”, Elumelu bewailed having earlier canvassed Okowa for the presidency in 2023.

Charging the newly installed Rotary Club President, of Rtn Odinigwe Odigie, to note that the task before him was an onerous one, the minority leader expressed optimism that he will succeed, given the solid pedestal already established by Governor Okowa.

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