Leading governorship aspirant in Delta State, Olorogun (Barr.) Kenneth Gbagi, said if elected as Governor in 2023, he would industrialize the state.
Gbagi, currently the biggest private investor in the state, spoke on Friday December 17th 2021, when he played host to a group, Ejele Advance Team, led by a one time Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) member who represented Warri north, Evangelist Michael Diden, popularly known as Ejele, at his Oginibo country home in Ughelli South local government area, weekend.
“All I am coming to do as governor is to industrialize the state, I do not have any other thing I want to do in life other than changing the state. I will change Delta,” he vowed.
He promised to turn the state to the economic hub of the country.
His words: “What I can assure you is that the Flour Mill, African Timber and Plywood, AT&P, Seaport, Athletic Club, all in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area, these ones I can tell you that within six months, I will restore them back.
“I will change the whole state and all the local governments must be developed. Sapele Port before now, every two weeks, we have not less than five ships, but in the last nine years or more, no ship has come to Sapele”, the former Minister of State for Education added.
He charged the group and other Deltans to go for their Permanent Voters Card, PVC, to enable them exercise their constitutional powers in 2023.
“Hold your destinies in your hands. The reason they say some people are afraid of me is that it cannot be business as usual. I challenge you to go and bring any of them who say they want to become governor, who have my type of records, they do do not”, Gbagi asserted.
Earlier, the chairman, Samson Oristeweyimi, who led the group, pledged their support for Gbagi’s gubernatorial ambition.
They expressed satisfaction over his ability to develop and give the state a new lease of life, describing Gbagi, as a household name just as they paid loyalty to him.
Secretary of Ejele Advance Team, Ogidi Giftkins, who spoke on behalf of the group, said: “It is our prayers that you become the governor of the state come 2023 because we know that when that power is given to you, you are going to do things.”