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Vote for me in Edo Guber primaries,. Feb 17th you will not regret it” Umakhihe tells Etsako West, Central and East
…promises to develop solid minerals provide good education, tackle security others
The Gubernatorial aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe on Friday visited Etsako west (Auchi), Etsako Central (Fugar) and Etsako East (Agenebode) L. G. A in Edo State.
Umakhihe promised to develop solid minerals, in order to boost employment of youths.
“This land is known for a lot of solid minerals, we have to develop it. We will develop our solid minerals and all our Youths will be employed.
He explained that Edo north is blessed with a lot of solid minerals and he will get investors who will genuinely work with him to explore and develop it for the benefit of his people.
On Education Umakhihe promised to fix the educational system in Edo state.
“I know the problem of our school and I don talk say I go do everything to make sure our children get good education “
Dr Ernest Afolabi Umakhihe during his visit also told the people that apart from the things he could do through the government he promised to also continue helping and empowering the less privileged and several schools through his Caridad Ernesto foundation in Auchi and Imighotuo Foundation with headquarters in Otuo, Owan East L.G.A.
In the area of Health, Umakhihe says “Primary health is a concern for me”
He emphasized that the primary health centers will be well equipped with basic amenities, trained nurses and doctors in the health system so that it will be the first point of call to those sick. They won’t need to keep running anymore to the tertiary health institutions, for ailments which should be treated around them.
In the Area of Security Umakhihe stated that he had the blue print to solve their security issues through his vast professional knowledge and qualifications in having a PhD in security and strategy.
“I know security is a problem, we will gather intelligence and use. Kidnapping and abduction in afemai land will be a thing of the past if I can be able to be the governor of Edo state by your power and the grace of God”
On Agriculture he bortressed his extensive qualifications and skills which makes him the perfect candidate to take Edo state Agriculture to its maximum level through mechanized processes, proper land preparation, irrigation and cultivating of areable land, throughout the year.
He reminded them that he knew what to do to bring edo state out of its bad state because he had served for 35 years and was personally commended by mr president for his meritorious service after his 35 years of hard and stainless work in the fed civil service.
He pleaded for their support to vote him as their candidate on the 17th of February and they will never look back to regret it.
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Okowa Left Ndokwa in Darkness, Ochei Will Defeat Him – Hon. Gift Okwuolise, Ph.D., Campaign Director-General
The Director-General of the Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei Campaign Council, Hon. Gift Okwuolise, Ph.D., has declared that former Governor and Senator Ifeanyi Okowa left the Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency and much of Delta North in darkness and neglect despite holding power for 12 years. He expressed confidence that Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei will defeat Okowa in the 2027 senatorial election.
In a strongly worded statement, Hon. Okwuolise, who was the 2023 Labour Party House of Representatives candidate, said Okowa’s combined tenure as Senator representing Delta North and Governor of Delta State produced little meaningful change for the people who bore the burden of his political rise. He described the unfulfilled Okpai Independent Power Plant step-down project as the starkest symbol of that failure.
According to him, a major national power facility located on Ndokwa soil has, for nearly two decades, generated electricity that lights up distant states and the Federal Capital Territory, while host communities and the federal constituency remain without the step-down facility that would bring them reliable electricity.
“As Governor for eight years, Okowa had every opportunity to prioritise the Okpai step-down project and end the darkness. He never did,” Hon. Okwuolise stated. “That is not oversight; it is abandonment of the people who expected and deserved better.”
Beyond electricity, Hon. Okwuolise pointed to what he described as broader governance failures. He said insecurity continues to threaten farmers and rural communities, critical access roads remain in poor condition, young people lack meaningful economic opportunities, and federal presence in infrastructure and development has remained limited.
According to him, political calculations and the preservation of personal and family interests replaced the delivery of tangible improvements in the lives of ordinary citizens across Delta North.
Hon. Okwuolise contrasted this record with the new direction being pursued by Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, under the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
He noted that Ochei has advanced a practical agenda focused on securing farms, fixing roads, pursuing the Okpai step-down project and wider electricity access, developing agro-industrial clusters, creating jobs, attracting private investment, and promoting a politics of competence rather than patronage.
The Campaign Director-General added that Ochei’s grassroots consultations across Aniocha, Oshimili and Ndokwa communities, alongside what he described as growing support and defections, show that the people are ready to reject the old order.
“His victory over Okowa is not a hope; it is a certainty. Delta North has seen twelve years of the same politics and is prepared for the New Direction,” he said.
Hon. Okwuolise, Ph.D., called on voters across Delta North, particularly in the Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency, to vote for the Nigeria Democratic Congress at all levels, beginning with the presidential election.
He urged voters to support the NDC presidential candidate, H.E. Mr. Peter Obi, CON; Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei for the Senate; Dr. Ugochukwu Nwokolo (Overdo), candidate for the House of Representatives, and all NDC candidates contesting for seats in the Delta State House of Assembly.
“The time has come to end the darkness and the myth,” Hon. Okwuolise concluded. “Vote NDC from the Presidency downward. Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei and the NDC offer the leadership that will work for the people, not for itself.”
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