Senator Ned Nwoko weekend put an end to the rumour making the round that his vigorous pursuit of the Anioma state creation is to make himself governor of the new state.
In an elaborate Anioma stakeholders summit held at the Grand Hotels and Resort Asaba, the Delta North Senator told the Anioma people that his quest for the Anioma state is not to become governor but for the good and well being of the people he represents at the national assembly.
In the summit which drew participants from the nine local government areas that make up the senatorial district, Senator Nwoko explained that an interviewer questioned him that his quest for Anioma state seems he is interested in becoming governor.
Senator Nwoko revealed that he is not interested in becoming governor but explained that the first governor of the new state will come from Ndokwa nation, an ethnic group he said has oil wells and contributes to feeding the nation but has been technically marginalized over the years.
He said: “I want freedom for my people. The first governor of Anioma state will come from Ndokwa land. Out of the nine local government areas, three are oil producing. The three are Ndokwa nation. But it has remained the most backward. It produces oil and gas but the environment is devastated.”
He said Delta state was created out of the defunct Bendel state, arguing that there’s no cause for alarm creating Anioma out of Delta state.
He noted that the benefit of state creation are overwhelming. He reasoned that prior to the creation of Delta out of defunct Bendel state, Asaba was a village adding that if state capital was not given to Asaba, development would have been very far from the now bubbling city.
He noted that a new state brings development closer to the people just as he explained that three senators, more than three house of representatives members and many house of assembly members will be produced from the new Anioma state.
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