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Lopsided Appointments In Delta: Youths Urge Okowa to Include Sheriff Mulade for appointment...

Lopsided Appointments In Delta: Youths Urge Okowa to Include Sheriff Mulade for appointment... 







By Hannah Tsedo

The youths in Delta State under the auspices of Ijaw  Peoples Development Initiative (IPDI) has expressed displeasure over the failure of governor Ifeanyi Okowa to appoint Ijaw youths in his recent appointments. The director of programs of the group, Comrade Ezekiel Kagbala, who said this in a statement on Sunday, wondered why the governor made key appointments in the last few days, but none of them accommodate the interest of youths.

 The group also urge the governor to include a youth oriented Niger Delta leader, an environmental activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade for confirmation to enable him serve in appointed capacity. Mulade is a vibrant youth leader who has shown unprecedented leadership capacity by contributing to the relative peace in Delta State.



In a statement Kagbala said, "It was regrettable that Sheriff Mulade's name was omitted in the list forwarded to the Delta State House of Assembly for confirmation as a commissioner.  We appeal to our dynamic governor not to underestimate the support he enjoyed from the Ijaw People in the state, especially the youths who worked tirelessly for his successful emergence for the second a tenure. It is our earnest prayer that Governor Okowa will be just and fair with distribution of appointment"

 "We don't know the rational behind Dr. Okowa's choice of appointment, we perceive that the exercise was galvanized to reward political cronies and old political friends. However, reviving the lost economic and industrial glory of the state should be Paramount if the governor is interested in excavating the state from it present economic abyss".

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