By SouthernVoicenews
Ace Journalist, Publisher of SouthernVoiceng.com (Online) and Cultural Periscope Magazine, Comrade Godwin-Maria Utuedoye, has admonished the Delta State Governor-Elect, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Francis Oborevwori to jettison all sycophants that will come around him in order to mislead and disabuse his good intention for people of Delta State.
The gentle and humble Journalist gave the remarks at Asaba on Sunday, April 2, 2023 during a chat with a group of Journalist’s immediately after a Thanksgiving he attended at the St. John Bosco Catholic Church, Asaba.
He said; ” I want to make Deltans understand that in most cases, it is never the fault of the governor neither is the governor that fails, but those who often surrounds him with selfish interests that attracts either his success or failure. It is not the governor as the case may be, but wicked and greedy sycophants that gathered around the corridors of power.
“They often lied to the governor, create wrong impressions and paint people who are capable, experienced and willing to support the government in developing and growing the state black just to gain favour”.
He added that, such politicians are ready to frustrate the good intentions of government once they are given appointments and offices Their reasons is for the fact that it will not be their name but that of the governor in time of failure.
He called on the incoming governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to watch out for such group of persons and ensure he is proactive to their manipulative styles and patterns.
“You cannot continue recycling same people who have been there, and their only concerns is to enrich their pockets and how to circumvent funds appropriated for development.
He urged the Governor-Elect to also look towards the youths to be among his cabinets as there are young men and women who have creative, productive and developmental ideas that can transform the state and generate income.
“There is nothing wrong if the governor appoint a young boy of 26, 30 years as a Commissioner in his cabinet. After all, we are aware that a 26 year old young graduate won election into the house of assembly of one of the states in the last elections. They will do beyond expectations in terms of creativity, agility and results seen. I urged him to look inward instead of rotating and recycling same persons that could be referred to as finished products.
Continuing Comrade Godwin-Maria Utuedoye stated that most of the governors upon their elections have good intentions, but those close to them and around the corridors of power will truncate all their plans.
He appealed to Oborevwori to do a critical examination of those that will be imposed on him by the power that be.