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APC candidate tells Okowa to rescue Isoko from devastating flood

APC candidate tells Okowa to rescue Isoko from devastating flood


The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Isoko Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Dr Sylvester Onoyona, has cried out to the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, to as a matter of urgency rescue Isoko from the devastating flood currently ravaging the entire Isoko land.

Onoyona gave the charge in a statement issued in Oleh, the Headquarters of Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State, while stressing that the entire Isoko nation is submerged by flood thereby increasing the suffering of the already bewildered people of Isoko.

According to the renowned Real Estate mogul and development expert, the government in Delta State is showing “devastating lethargy” to the plight of the people in the state, particularly Isoko people.

He said the governor was more interested in “Abuja politics” than giving life and hope to the hopeless.

He averred that there is no single farmland in the entire Isoko landscape that has not been subsumed by the flood, while homes have been deserted by the people with their means of livelihood completely destroyed.

The House of Reps hopeful said, his people have suffered untold hardship due to neglect particularly in times of urgent need like it is currently.

He stated that the People’s Democrats Party (PDP) administration in 2012, during the same situation, abandoned the Isoko nation to their fate, noting that the government in Asaba is treating Isoko nation like a conquered people.

Onoyona said as at today, all schools in Isoko land have been shut down owing to the flood, noting that the situation has assumed a dangerous dimension since it is already claiming its casualty in the development of the next generation of Isoko people.

Onoyona said majority of the people are homeless without any respite from thegovernment.

The Emede Isoko-born politician noted that the only way to mitigate the current suffering is for the governor to deploy government machineries to rescue the suffering deltans from the debilitating flood.

“The people need quality food, clothing, shelter and means of livelihood and all of these are not out of government’s reach. Rather than gloat over the plight of the people, the government should deploy resources to help the people out the current dilemma.

“All schools in Isoko land have been shut down without hope for reopening and a governor is junketting all over the place for his selfish political ambition wheeling the state’s 13 per cent derivation to his political masters in Asokoro. Enough is enough, don’t allow Isoko people to perish like the Egyptians in the flood,” Onoyona maintained.






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