The Delta Surprise: I Was Wowed When I Visited Delta State – Dino Melaye
When Senator Dino Melaye’s plane touched down in Asaba, the capital of Delta State, he expected a routine visit, a series of meetings, a few handshakes, and perhaps a polite nod to ongoing development. But what he saw over the next few hours left him stunned.
“I was waoooed in Delta State,” he would later declare in a post on Facebook. “My respect to the Governor and people of Delta State. The entire state is a construction site!”
From Asaba’s well-paved boulevards to the bustling towns of Ughelli, Warri, and Sapele, one thing was clear: transformation was in motion. Roads that were once impassable now gleamed under the sun.
But what truly struck Senator Melaye was the people.
At every project site, he saw young engineers, local artisans and women entrepreneurs playing active roles. “These aren’t just projects,” he said. “These are people-oriented projects. You can feel the heartbeat of the citizens in every brick laid.”
Senator Melaye nodded solemnly, visibly moved. That night, as he sat reflecting in his hotel room, he drafted a message that would soon go viral:
“I was waoooed in Delta State. My respect to the Governor and people of Delta state. The entire state is a construction site. People-oriented projects everywhere across the state. Bravo.”
And with that, Delta State’s quiet revolution gained a new, powerful witness, one who couldn’t help but speak the truth as he saw it.
