Delta Govt Clarifies Reports On Sale Of Lagos Liaison Office

Delta Government has denied rumours that it has sold the state liaison office at Ikoyi, Lagos state, as alleged by an opposition party governorship candidate in the state.

The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, who debunked the allegation on Wednesday at a press conference, said it was part of the opposition’s propaganda to deceive the electorate to vote for them in the March 11 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections.

He noted that it has become their stock in trade to try to smear and cast aspersion on the Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa-led government in an attempt to score some cheap political goals.

The commissioner said that Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, Governorship Candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), remained the right choice to succeed Gov. Okowa to deepen the developmental trajectory in the state.

Aniagwu described Oborevwori as a detribalised politician with clear vision of what he wanted to do for the people and one who recognised the dynamics and the ties that unite the various tribes and ethnic groups in the state.

He called on citizens and residents in Delta to join hands to support Oborevwori by voting en masse for the  PDP on Saturday, March 11.

The Commissioner noted that aside the fact that the APC Governorship Candidate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, was deploying propaganda such as the alleged sale of the Delta Liaison Office in Lagos, he said that he has not been able to tell the people what he wants to do for them.

“And because the APC in the state has not been able to develop a blue print of what they intend to do, they have resorted to blackmail and raising issues that are completely at variance with reality.

“We hear that they are accusing us about selling off the state liaison office at Ikoyi, Lagos. That is far from the truth,” he said.

According to him, the state government decided to restructure and construct a 10 storey building on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement on the land space as approved by the Lagos State Government.

“The 10-storey building will house 60 luxury flats and we came to conclusion that 21 flats out of the 60 flats will be part of the state’s equity since the land belongs to us.”

Aniagwu said that on completion of the building, the state workers who currently were on rented apartments would return to occupy two of the luxury flats in the liaison office.

“The state government will then have more value for money and also take advantage of the expertise of the private developers to manage the structure.

“But, we hear individuals say, they have sold the state liaison office just because we are approaching an election.

According to him, only Oborevwori would sustain the understanding and the zoning arrangement that has ensured peace and unity among different ethnic groups and sustain the development trajectory in Delta. (NAN)

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