2023: Otuaro unveils campaign manifesto, promises wealth creation, jobs for youths in Delta
The Deputy Dovernor of Delta state, Barr. Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, has unveiled his campaign manifesto to the general public ahead of the 2023 governorship primary in the state.
Simply titled, “Advance Delta 2023, Build Better for Delta,” it was divided into 6 broad pillars.
In his introduction, the frontline governorship aspirant traced development from the pre-colonial era to the present day and posited that trade blossomed more during the pre colonial era than now.
In an official statement on Sunday, April 26, 2022, he promised to sow and water the economic seed of an industrialised Delta and see it manifest in a way that creates jobs and massive opportunities for everyone living, working and doing business in Delta.
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He vowed to kill mediocrity and ineptitude in public and civil service, enshrine transparency and accountability, promote excellence and professionalism etc.
In Pillar 1, he devoted this to bold economic policies for an industrialised Delta; Pillar 2 is devoted to equity, peace and security for a safe and prosperous Delta; Pillar 3 is devoted to transformational reform covering health, education, housing reform, etc.
Pillar 4 covers technology for boundless opportunities; Pillar 5 covers effective and excellence driven public and civil service for good governance while Pillar 6 takes care of renewed and revived cities and communities which cover the environment, land and housing, transportation, power, energy, electricity and water.
Read full statement below:
“One unchanging but critical component in every electioneering process is the ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ/๐ง๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐. I have traversed the length and breadth of Delta in my two-decade journey as a strategic peacebuilding expert and for the past seven years as a Deputy Governor and the ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง — ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
“While the present administration has made commendable progress in addressing the yearnings of the people through massive investments in agro-industrial parks and road infrastructures.
“โ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ . We need to move from a โ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐โ ๐ญ๐จ a ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ (๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ.
“We canโt have abundant land and mineral resources with huge agricultural and industrial potential to continue to depend on other States for basic food and household products. We have a proven reserve of mineral resources including industrial clay, silica, lignite, kaolin, tar sand, decorative rocks, limestone, etc. in addition to our veritable history of competitive advantage in cash crops such as oil palm, cocoa, rubber, and timber. We also have great potential in producing staple crops such as rice, maize, yam, plantain, cassava, etc. ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ (๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ) ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐-๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ. ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง.
“Letโs unlock our true agricultural and industrial potentials and create wealth for our people and jobs opportunities for our over ๐.๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง. The mills can work again — rubber, beverages, textile, and sawmill and we would do more than oil, for ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ/๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ. Farmers would rejoice because their farm produces would attract greater value from buyers with an active food processing sector. We will do more than subsistence fishing and the fisherwomen in the riverine would once in their lifetime enjoy dividends from commercial fishing businesses with ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
“We wonโt experience a shortfall of skilled manpower, supporting infrastructures with the tremendous investments of this present administration in technical, and vocational education, innovative youth entrepreneurship programs, rural integration projects, and numerous achievements over the past seven years. ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
“We need to rethink the ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง of children exploring digital technology and improve our peopleโs access to quality ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ and use previous administrationsโ achievements as a learning curve.
“We need to underwrite the huge backlog of unemployment as with every Nigerian State by productively engaging the talents and skills of our youth through ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ.
“We need to reclaim and restore our cities that are gradually becoming slums/ghettos due to irresponsible waste disposal, the menace of perennial flooding, drainage blockage, inefficient waste collection, disposal, and management systems. ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ.
“๐๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐๐ฅ๐. We can decongest our cities with an effective transportation system and promotion of real estate development works and investment in power. ๐ผ๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐.๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
“An effective and excellence-driven civil service is required to make all of these work. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก. This will further strengthen governance, cut waste and improve the internally generated revenue of the State, and boost the confidence of the private sector to participate in the investment ecosystem in the State.
“๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ โ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ป๐ป๐ฌ๐นโ ๐ ๐๐๐ — ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐.
“It encapsulates my vision ๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐, ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐.โ
The manifesto in six pillars:
โ ๐ — ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ฌ that unlock the untapped potentials of ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ for an industrialized Delta which creates jobs and economic opportunities for all.
โ๐– ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ for a safe and prosperous Delta.
โ๐– ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ. These are inclusive and responsive ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก, ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ reforms and address Deltaโs strategic infrastructural/industrial needs such as ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ, ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ.
โ๐– ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ. Leverage ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ to create boundless opportunities for young people.
โ๐– ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐-๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐. It is focused on improving the efficiency of the civil service and promoting good governance through fairness, quality service, prudent resource management, equity, and ensuring the rule of law.
โ๐ — ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฐ๐๐, ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ. It is targeted to achieve clean, safe, and organized cities and communities. Value reorientation, social responsibility, and environmental sustainability are some of the target areas.
“In the days ahead, I will be bringing you an exclusive brief of the six pillars of the โ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ deal.
“And to my delegates, your role in the coming days is a noble one and I pray you to decide forward with me so that we can together secure a โ๐๐๐๐๐๐โ ๐๐๐๐ฅ for Delta come 2023 even as I have presented to you a more excellent way in this preamble, my manifesto and my various consultations and interactions with you for the past months.
“Together our greatness as a State will be realized. I rely on the absolute grace of God in whose hands is the mandate. I covet your prayers and support. It is 33 days to our song of victory,” he concluded.
In all, it is a manifesto that will be difficult for any rival to beat.
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