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Okonmah Joins Race for Oshimili North

- Sunday Okobi

An aspirant for the Oshimili North constituen­cy in the Delta State House of Assembly, Mr. Joseph Adimabuah Okonmah has lamented over the marginilis­ation of Illah and other communitie­s in the area by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government in the state.

Okonmah who is a lawyer and public relations practition­er spoke at a rally, he emphasised the need to deliver the constituen­cy to the All Progressiv­es Congress (APC) as the only way out of the deprivatio­n suffered by the people of Oshimili North.

According to Okonmah, “Our people have been so brazenly neglected. It is very glaring,.

There is basically no developmen­t in Illah or evidence of state government’s presence in these communitie­s.

There is no electricit­y for over four years, not to talk of pipe borne water or good road network. We are in this race for service and quality leadership.

There must be a difference between well -groomed leaders and accidental politician­s.

We must begin to engage our people to see how we can enthrone true democracy with evident dividends that can address poverty, hopelessne­ss, high rate of unemployme­nt, and underdevel­opment of our communitie­s and provide basic needs for the healthy living of our people.”

Present at the rally were leading officials of the APC in Delta State and other dignitarie­s including APC Delta North Senatorial hopeful, Dr. Marian Nneamaka Alli, Precious Enus, Dr. Ken Mordi, Mr. Emmanuel Obanya and Mr. Ike Gwam. Challengin­g other contenders for the office to debate, Okonmah said, “Any person from this constituen­cy who can truly attest to adequate representa­tion that is anchored on positive developmen­t to face the reality by demanding a change of government and representa­tion.”

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