I’ll build on legacies of Delta’s founding fathers – PDP gov’ship aspirant

A contender for the Delta State governorship seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Lucky Ohworode Idike, has said he is in the race to strengthen the future of the state.

Speaking with newsmen yesterday, Idike, a chartered accountant, said if given the mandate his administration would build on the legacies of the founding fathers and former governors of the state.

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He said, “Let us begin to dream of a better Delta and together by the special grace of God we will achieve our hearts’ dreams and desires for our beloved homeland.

“This is not a race among individuals. It is a race between two worlds. It is a race between two styles, two convictions and two Deltans. It is a race between the old Delta that has been and the new Delta that can be.

“I am enjoining Deltans to take their place with me at the starting blocks. We share the same yearnings for something new, a yearning for something transformational, something bigger than our collective imagination and yet within our potentials as a people.

“Inspired by the doggedness of the founding fathers of Delta State who created a system of government that promotes inclusivity and laid the foundation for the growth that has been and is to come, we the transformational generation can dare to dream, standing on the shoulders of Chief James Onanefe Ibori, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan and our infrastructure giant, Dr Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa.”

He further said it was time for the new generation to take over power and deliver the expected dividends of democracy to the people, and advised Deltans to vote wisely when the time came.