“Senator Nwoko Believes He Can Achieve More for His Constituents By Aligning with APC” – Okolugbo

By Reporter

The Director of Communication to Senator Ned Nwoko, Hon. Gloria Okolugbo has thrown more light on why the senator representing Delta North Constituency has decided to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the Action Congress of Nigeria (APC).

She gave the reasons during an interview with Arise TV yesterday, Saturday 18th January, 2025—disclosing that, “Senator Nwoko believes he can achieve more for his constituents by aligning with the president’s party.”

Hon. Okolugbo said her principal had indicated interest to leave the PDP and added that, he had briefed critical stakeholders in Delta North, as well as his teeming supporters and constituents on his plan.

She said Senator Nwoko came prepared to serve and deliver the dividends of good governance to Anioma people, but that regrettably, he had not enjoyed the cooperation and support of his party the PDP in pursuit of his vision, even as he is the only PDP Senator in Delta State.

She cited instances of frustration from Governor Sheriff Oborevwori and the PDP refusal to assist in funding the Okpai IPP stepdown to supply electricity to no fewer than 60 communities in Delta North and the Ogwashi-Uku dam to provide water to the community and the environs.

Okolugbo explained that Senator Nwoko believed that it was no use remaining in a party where his electioneering campaign promises to the people of Delta North could hardly be fulfilled despite the marginalization his people had suffered.

The Communications Director blamed PDP in Delta for lack of internal democracy, disclosing that Senator Nwoko would make his defection public anytime soon.

“What I can tell you is that, today Senator Ned Nwoko held a consultative meeting with his constituents to inform them of his interest to defect from the People’s Democratic Party.

“There has been a lot of processes that he has gone through trying to speak to the internal party structures to see that the issues that we have in Delta North are resolved.

“One of the key reasons for which a legislator or a serving member can defect is factionalization. You don’t have to see violence before you know there’s factionalization in the party.

“And as we move ahead, it’s very important for us to strengthen the democratic institutions. Representative democracy is actually about balance of power, transparency in governance and accountable use of resources.”

“It took a lot of groundwork and a lot of service to the people before we got PDP to become the predominant party of Delta State that delivered the last set of votes.

“Distinguished Senator Ned Nwoko was on the field even after he had won his elections, promising the electorate that together they would deliver the dividends of god governance, because this is about representative democracy.

“And somebody like Senator Ned Nwoko, who is well-traveled and exposed and having made promises that basic infrastructure like water, electricity, irrigation for farming and food security will happen. But now after election, powers are not allowing these things to materialise.

“The plan to step down electricity to the people of the area is bogged down by all manner of politics. And the Distinguished Senator Nwoko says I want to deliver this, at least in my time because when we have this, all the adjoining communities will have access to almost 24 hours electricity.”

Okolugbo said despite these laudable plans of the Senator and the suggestions to get them done and delivered, there have been brickwalls from the part of the state governor, Sheriff Oborevwori.

She lamented that with all the promises the Senator made and is ready to actualise, the issues of political hijacking, factionalisation, and other pomitical power plays were derailing the process of fulfiling the promises.

Nwoko’s defection will complete the control of all three senators by the APC in Delta State.

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