…calls on party guber candidates to submit self and credentials for proper scrutiny and decision.
The governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olorogun Barr. Kenneth Gbagi OON in the company of his SDP entourage has graced the book launch by Bishop of Sapele Diocese, Anglican Communion Rt Rev. Blessing Erifeta.
This event took place on Sunday 5th February, 2023 at Anglican church Diocese Sapele in Delta state with a massive turnout.
Gbagi in his unique style of attending events, challenged all party governorship candidates to publicly submit their credentials while the event was heavily represented by many men of God from different churches and topnotch politicians to mention but few, the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), DSP. Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, the incumbent Governor, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa who was heavily represented by the secretary to government, Sen. Patrick Ukah, many prominent men of God and others.
In a speech Gbagi expressed, “We are at a crossroad, we are at a very dangerous stage of our lives, we are a very important time where all of us here including Ovie and I, we will decide whether we should destroy our children, our country, Delta state.
“I can assure you that, it will not be business as usual after May 29th by the grace of God, I will be sworn in as governor of Delta state.
“That the only way we can settle Deltans is to come and present our ourselves and credentials before the entire people of the state, the greatest problem of Delta state today is corruption.
“We need to cut corruption immediately, if you take Delta state right from Oghara to Sapele to Warri to Asaba, we have over one hundreds of limited liability companies, talk about Palmo, others were all booming but today it is a regrettable situation that Deltans has lost it all when its counterparts Lagos, Ogun state and other part of the country are doing very well.
“Were you not to be aware, Delta state is one of the richest state in the country and Nigeria even richer than 42 countries of the world.
“We ve been fooled, will you continue to allow yourself to be fooled, your children are crying, your fathers, mothers are crying, hopelessness has set in the state of Delta, our children are migrating to other states that hitherto will not be as good and great as Delta state.
“We have to change the narratives, industry is the solution and that distinguished Olorogun Felix Ibru that ruled Delta state earlier.
“And I said SDP will repeat what we started by providing free education to every Deltan, we have made our parents so poor that they cannot give the children good education”, he concluded.
At the end, the event was described as very motivating and mind blowing as the governor in making hit the nail on the head and as well encourage the church to get it right this time and the governorship candidates of different parties to set aside pride and tender themselves with their credentials to Deltans for proper scrutiny and decision in choosing who becomes the next governor of Delta state.