Delta youths have thrown their weight behind former Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, urging him to contest the Delta North senatorial seat within the 2027 basic election.
The youths consider his entry into the race will reshape illustration within the district and problem the present holder of the seat, Senator Ned Nwoko.
The decision got here from the Ndokwa Youth Leaders Meeting, a sociopolitical youth group working throughout Delta State. The group brazenly appealed to Okowa to declare his curiosity within the 2027 Senate contest, describing the transfer as well timed and obligatory for the way forward for Delta North.
In response to the youths, Okowa stays “essentially the most credible, unifying and development-rooted determine able to giving the district strategic and high-impact illustration on the Nationwide Meeting.”
They argued that the district wants expertise, affect, and purposeful management within the Purple Chamber.
Senator Ned Nwoko at the moment represents Delta North on the Nationwide Meeting. Though he received the seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, he defected to the All Progressives Congress in early 2025. His defection adopted political disagreements involving Okowa and the incumbent governor, Sheriff Oborevwori.
The youths’ place was made public by a press release issued in Ogume, Ndokwa West Native Authorities Space. The assertion was signed by the Nationwide President of the group, Mr Enebeli Brown. Copies have been later circulated to journalists in Warri.
In a present of dedication, the youth leaders pledged to totally fund the acquisition of Okowa’s expression of curiosity and nomination kinds if he agrees to run.
They defined that the hassle just isn’t pushed by political elites however by odd folks searching for higher governance.
The group mentioned the push for Okowa’s candidacy is “based mostly on Dr Okowa’s examined competence, administrative maturity, bridge-building capability, and visual funding in human and infrastructural growth throughout Delta North through the interval he served as Governor of Delta State.”
Furthermore, they maintained that Delta North now wants “a senator with each nationwide leverage and native content material, a combination that Okowa already embodies.” In response to them, efficient illustration goes past occupying a seat in Abuja.
The youths warned that the district “can’t afford one other ceremonial occupier within the pink chamber.” They pressured that Delta North deserves “a result-driven negotiator who instructions respect and maintains accountability at residence.”
As a part of the transfer to draft Okowa into the race, the group introduced plans to start a structured signature mobilisation tour throughout communities within the district. The train is anticipated to formally exhibit grassroots help for his candidacy.
The Ndokwa Youth Leaders Meeting additionally appealed to conventional rulers, girls {groups}, skilled associations, and political stakeholders throughout Delta North.
They urged them to “rise above ethnic tendencies” and rally behind Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, whose “competence and credibility are already verifiable.”