The Member Representing Okpe in the State House of Assembly, Hon Sheriff Oboriowori says, despite the obvious challenges, he was able to attract meaningful development to the constituency in his one year as a member of the state legislature.
Briefing his constituents at a town hall meeting on the journey so far, Hon Oboriowori paid glowing tributes to governor Ifeanyi Okowa and his team for the effective collaboration with him and other stakeholders in Okpe that made possible the positive changes witnessed in the council area in recent times.
Correspondent, Nkechukwuyem Nwanyaha reports that the State Chairman of PDP, Chief Kingsley Esiso, the Chairman of the party in the area, Chief Efe Uko, the Chairman Okpe local government council, Prince Godwin Ejiyere and other party leaders, including the immediate past Delta Central Senatorial Chairman of PDP, Chief Tom Amioku, in their submissions, stressed the need for the people to keep faith with the PDP for greater dividends of democracy to the locality.
Hon Sheriff Oboriowori who is the Chairman, House Committee on Capital City Development Agency and Vice Chairman, House Committee on Peace and Security as well as a member of several committees of the house, said the briefing was to account for his stewardship from June 2015 till date.
The lawmaker told the constituents that in the first year of the Sixth Delta State House of Assembly, twenty one bills were attended to and several motions passed by the house, noting that he was never found wanting at ensuring that the voice of Okpe people were hard during debates and contributions on any issue raised both at plenary and at the caucus of the house.
Hon Oboriowori stated that in his commitment to providing quality representation to the constituency, he keyed into all the state government programs geared towards sustainable development, wealth creation and empowerment by ensuring that the people of Okpe benefited maximally in all the programs.
He said in synergy with other key stakeholders, including the Orodje of Okpe, many indigenes were appointed into different political offices and several projects attracted to the locality, of which some have been commissioned, while others are at various stages of completion.
Hon Oboriowori who was full of appreciation to governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his support and encouragement, assured the people of Okpe of greater days ahead, disclosing that aside projects executions, he is co-sponsoring five bills that would further promote peace and good governance in the state to be introduced as soon as the house reconvene after the annual recess.
He said more roads would be constructed and rehabilitated across the council area as well as sustenance of allowances and monthly stipends to many constituents, assuring that his efforts at providing assistance to the people would be further improved upon and appealed for the support of all.
The State Chairman of PDP, Chief Kingsley Esiso commended Hon Sheriff Oboriowori for his quality representation of the people of Okpe and for being a strong voice in the state legislature and charged the constituents to continue to support him.
Chief Esiso said Nigerians are suffering under APC as the party has failed in its promises, noting that the option left is to vote the party out in 2019, even as he commended the achievements of governor Okowa in the state in the face of the hard economic recession.
The Chairman of PDP in Okpe, Chief Efe Uko, the chairman of the local government council, Prince Godwin Ejiyere and the immediate past Chairman, PDP, Delta Central, Chief Tom Amioku, stressed the need for sustained collaboration among stakeholders in Okpe for greater growth and development in the council area.
They commended Hon Sheriff Oboriowori for the briefing to keep the constituents abreast with the governance of the state as the representative of the people, assuring that Okpe local government would remain a strong hold of PDP as the opposition party has nothing to offer.
Others who spoke including a former state officer of the party, Mr Ramsey Kweki, a one time Chairman of Okpe local government, Chief Lizzy Obukene, two elders of the party in the area, Chief Daniel Okoro and Chief J. I. Asini among others, described the briefing as the beginning of a new dawn in Okpe and charged Hon Oboriowori to remain committed in attracting development to the people.
They said PDP has done well for the people and in return will ensure that the party remains intact in Okpe, even as they decried the state of Nigeria economy, berating the APC for hardship and appealed to the lawmaker to lead them out of hunger.
The briefing was attended by some government functionaries, political and opinion leaders as well as representatives of the all the ten wards in Okpe local government area.
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