2019: Declare for Delta South seat, DAWN challenges Uduaghan

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*Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan

(Nigeria) A socio-political  pressure group in Delta State, Developmental Advocates of Warri North, DAWN, has challenged immediate past governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan to declare for Delta South senatorial seat ahead of the 2019 polls.
In a communiqué after an emergency meeting of the group held at Koko, headquarters of Warri North Local Government Area of the state, DAWN said  that the call on Uduaghan to contest the senatorial seat became necessary after a committee it set up to study potential aspirants for the position recommended him based on his antecedents in peace building and achievements in the public offices he held in Delta State between 2009 and 2015.
The communiqué  by Inojulagho Amaju, Coordinator and Ayonuwe Clifford, Lead, Grassroots Education, said “We reserve the right to be represented by intellectuals, who will revert the respect we are almost losing grip of at the national stage.
“The 7.6 km Umeh Road in Isoko, which ended 30 years of abandonment of the agrarian community, the Abigborodo bridge project in Warri North, Ugbenu Koko Road, the 0-5 years free health care delivery programme across the state and the revolutionary Uduaghan Park, which brought transportation across Delta State to an easy and comfortable ride with lowest fares are achievements of Uduaghan that makes him eminently qualified to vie for the prominent legislative position in 2019.
“Also, the 10 International Model Schools in the three senatorial districts of Delta State, the construction/renovation of hundreds of schools, the introduction of EDUMARSHAL programme to ensure the downtrodden children go to school free of charge as well as the payment of enrolment fees for SSCE candidates as some other reasons that informed their decision to back  Uduaghan's senatorial ambition.
 “A man, who sacrificed his senatorial ambition for the sake of peace in Delta State, particularly inter-ethnic harmony in Delta South should be given all the necessary support to represent Delta South in 2019, as  he is an intellectual and bridge builder with the requisite national as well as international connections for the job.”

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