Senator Ned Nwoko representing Delta North in the National Assembly has said the 25 years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership in Delta State will end in the 2027 general elections.
Senator Ned Nwoko, who recently defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) spoke in Idumuje Ugboko his country home on Friday, February 22, 2025.
The Senator, who was excited to join the ruling party, revealed that the PDP had held Delta hostage for the past 25 years, revealing that the people and the state had never experienced the needed development for meaningful economic growth.
The Lawmaker, who is Chairman of Senate Committee on Reparations and Repatriation and also Chairman, Senate ad-hoc Committee on crude oil theft in the Niger Delta, said following the hold of PDP on the state, the people of Delta had no choice but to continue wallowing in the shackles of the PDP.
He said the party had lost track because the its leaders were not interested in the welfare of the people but in what they could amass for themselves and to prosecute subsequent elections to keep themselves perpetually in power.
Senator Nwoko said: “I was with them. They don’t understand governance. For them, it is business as usual. They do everything to perpetuate themselves in power. They do not care for the people. Imagine 25 years of PDP in Delta, there’s been no competition.
“In America, the Republicans will come to power for eight years, they will do everything possible to show that they are very good. But the next election, the electorate will give power to the Democrats to show what they can do and how good they are. But not so in Delta.
“So, 25 years of slavery in Delta must come to an end. I have found an alternative party. I know Okowa and Sheriff Oborevwori will not change. I refuse to be part of such people who are only after themselves and not the people”.
Senator Ned Nwoko, who said his major pursuit was making life good and meaningful for his constituents, noted: “If I can’t do anything for my people, then I shouldn’t be called a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
He added: “I don’t want to answer Senator for the sake of it. That’s why I was angry with the Governor when he wanted to give me land cruiser and a monthly N10m. The money is not for me. The money belongs to the people. You can imagine if I had taken the money, that’s what they would have been using to attack me”.
He further explained that he had four major projects which he must achieve as a member of the National Assembly. He listed Oko road running from Asaba through Aboh to Ase. He said the project will cost not less than N28 billion.
The Senator said the road must be done for every reason, adding that the coastal road would improve tourism and end the perennial flooding which that area had suffered over the years.
He said the next project he would complete was the Ogwashi Uku dam and thereafter the Okpai power plant stepdown. These projects, according to him, were dear to his heart and he would,vof necessity, work to actualise them for the good of his constituents.
He said the fourth and one of the key projects to his heart was the creation of Anioma state. He noted that the creation of Anioma state was his major concern, pointing out that the creation of Anioma state would give Delta North people needed freedom from the shackles of the PDP government for the past 25 years.
He explained that leaders of the All Progressive Congress APC from the state to the federal level had assured him of support for the actualisation of Anioma state. He bemoaned the unwillingness of the state government and PDP leaders to the creation of Anioma state.
He said the PDP leaders had so much brainwashed the people to the extent that Commissioners, House of Assembly members and others would not talk about Anioma state.
He said he consulted the Assembly members on the Anioma state creation but their response was that they needed to consult the former Governor before giving him their response. He said despite his persuasion for them to work together, they felt answerable to the party leaders and not the people.
He said: “After the last election, they started scheming on how to make sure I don’t have support among the people. They want me to just keep quiet for four years and just answer Senator Ned Nwoko. The president has assured me that if I join his party, Anioma state will be created. That is freedom for Delta people”.
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