Question: The three senatorial districts of Delta South, Delta Central,
and Delta North are contending for the right to produce the next governor of
the state in 2015, and this is already causing tension among the people. Where
do you think the next governor of the state should come from?
Answer: What
I can tell you is that power is never given and power is not gratis. Nobody
gives it to you free of charge. I don’t want to use the word fight, but you
must show that you are, indeed, worthy of power. The second thing is that you
must also show your negotiation skills with everybody else to let them
understand that, indeed, these are the reasons why you want that power.
No matter how ridiculous an argument is, because this is democracy, everybody
has their own way of thinking.
For
instance, something I heard which I find extremely laughable, but some people
believe it. They said the capital is in Delta North and that is permanent
and that, consequently, the rotation of power should be between Delta
South and Delta Central. That cannot be so. What I think is that, yes, an
election is coming in 2015, it will raise the temperature of political
activity, both at state and national levels , and that is a lot of what
we are seeing going on now. It is not peculiar to Delta. An administration is
getting to its terminal date, a lot of people are already looking at the kind
of people that they think will be in the succeeding administration. That is why
they are referring to the outgoing administration as lame duck, there is a lot
of schism in the political movement. That again will start happing more as we
get towards 2015. But I think it behoves us, my people of Delta
North, to now go on a major sensitisation campaign round the state. Let
our brothers from the South and Central know that when it was their turn, we
supported them and we expect no less from them, it’s our turn now.
Secondly,
we must show them that we have qualified men and women to do this
job. We must in negotiation and in collaboration come to the most agreeable
person, whether man or woman, and speak with one voice. That again is the
clincher for us. Once all these things are done, I can assure you, we will
produce a governor of Delta State of Anioma extraction. It’s fair and equitable
for that to be done, but in a manner devoid of heating the polity and revving
up political activities and all that.
Culled from Thisday
Interview
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