DELTA 2015,LETS PROFILE THESE TWO GENTLEMEN OBUH AND SEN. OKOWA FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR. 10 COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE: 1. SECRETARIAL EXPERIENCE (a.) Obuh = While his experience as a secretary was being the Head of the Secretariat of the Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) under Engr. J.B. Erhuero who was Secretary to ex- Governor James Ibori. (b) Okowa = He was appointed the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) of Delta state. 2. LGA EXPERIENCE. (a) Obuh = Nil. (b) Okowa = He was an LGA secretary and he rose to win the general elections and became LGA Chairman in Delta state. 3. FEDERAL EXPERIENCE. (a) Obuh = Nil. (b) Okowa = He is a serving Senator of the Federal republic of Nigeria. 4. ELECTIONS WON. (a) Obuh = Nil. (b) Okowa = He has won LGA Chairmanship and Delta North Senatorial seat. 5. EXECUTIVE WORK EXPERIENCE. (a) Obuh = Has not worked in any executive position in Delta state other than a civil service. (b) Okowa = He has been appointed into the Executive cabinet three times as commissioner to the Delta State Government. 6. GOVERNMENTS SERVED (a) Obuh = In his line of duty as a civil servant, he has been around but not in direct service in governance. (b) Okowa = He has been a foundation member of PDP in Delta state since 1999 and has served Ibori and Uduaghan in close political proximity in decision making in service. 7. EMPOWERMENT SCHEME. (a) Obuh = Has none on record in Delta state or Delta North his constituency. (b) Okowa = He has several empowerment schemes to his credit in his constituency. 8. POPULARITY. (a.) Obuh = known in the civil service circles in Delta state. (b) Okowa = known through out the three senatorial zones In Delta state as a political leader and and in all the Ministries he worked. 9. CIVIL SERVICE. (a) Obuh = A serving PS in Delta state. (b) Okowa = Nil. 10. PRIVATE PRACTICE: (a) Obuh = None that we know of. (b) Okowa = Was a medical director of a me private clinic. ##############===========$$$$$$$$$=======####$$$$ PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ BELLOW THE PROFILES OF THE TWO MEN AND MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE 2015. (A.) OBUH. The defining phase of Obuh’s career, began with his stewardship as Director, Office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) under Engr. J.B. Erhuero who was Secretary to ex- Governor James Ibori. Obuh was the Head of the Secretariat of that office, hence his exposure to the political leadership and political structures to ensure continuity in governance. It was actually with Governor Uduaghan as SSG that Obuh attained the rank of Permanent Secretary. Serving at that higher level meant more expectations from his boss, the entire Public Service, and the state at large. He was later deployed to the Directorate of Government House and Protocol when Uduaghan commenced his stewardship as Governor of Delta State. The party hierarchy took note of the profundity of Obuh’s passion for the agenda of the administration and he was gradually admitted to greater levels of trust and responsibility. He was drawn into strategy building discussion sessions which brainstormed for the least-cost approaches to prosecute programmes. He readily availed the groups of his deep understanding of the workings of the state bureaucracy and the developmental challenges which, his long Civil Service career had made possible. (B.) Okowa. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is said to display a highly developed craftsmanship in his work and the evidence of his constructive leadership, according to hios supporters, is seen in his growing political profile. He took interest in the public service and between 1991 and 1993 served with great diligence and outstanding success first as Secretary to the Ika Local Government and later Pioneer Chairman, Ika North-East Local Government Council (1991-1993). In preparation for the return of the country to democratic rule, he pitched his tent with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)in 1998. But before then, he had served as a leader and the Delta North Coordinator of the Grassroots Democratic Movement (GDM) and the Delta North Coordinator of the James Ibori campaign organization in 1998 as well as the Secretary of the Transition Committee, which ushered in the James Ibori administration in 1999. Since then, there has not been any turning back for this medical Doctor turned politician and it was not surprising therefore that in recognition of his reported hard work, loyalty, honesty and dedication, Dr. Okowa became a member of the Special Grade of Commissioners who had eight years of unbroken service as Members of the Governor James Ibori-led Delta State Executive Council. During the period, he served with diligence and outstanding result in the following positions: Hon. Commissioner for Agriculture and Natural Resources (July 1999 to April 2001); Hon. Commissioner for Water Resources Development (April 2001 – May 2003) and Hon. Commissioner for Health (September 2003 – October 2006). Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa then resigned honourably to contest the 2007 Gubernatorial election in Delta State and it was said that he demonstrated his clinical understanding of Delta State and politics during the campaigns and mounted one of the most focused and issues-oriented campaign in the state. After the Ogwashi-Uku primaries, where he placed a very remarkable second to Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, after the high wire godfather politics of Chief James Ibori, Okowa, like the tactful achiever that he is, did not sit back at home to sulk over the turn out of events in that primaries. He was immediately appointed as the Director General of the PDP Campaign Organization in Delta State and later the Secretary of the 34- member Transition Committee which prepared the blueprint for the take-off of the Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan administration in Delta State. As a reward for his loyalty and commitment,Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa was appointed as the Secretary to the Delta State Government by the newly sworn-in Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, but inside sources claim that the relationship between the Governor and Dr. Okowa as SGG was sometimes disquiet as certain rumours made the rounds of Okowa’s ambition to challenge Uduaghan in 2011. However, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa opted to contest for the Senate, but again his relationship with Governor Uduaghan was severely tested, when it became obvious that the PDP in the State had decided to support Mrs. Mariam Ali, wife of the former PDP National Chairman, who lost out contentiously in 2007. Dr. Okowa had to once again employ his astute brilliance and dogged determination to ensure that he got the ticket by arranging to televise the entire primaries on two occasions on national television. He won both convincingly after some dramatic altercations with both the PDP Delta State Chairman, Peter Nwaoboshi and Dr. Mariam Ali, (Enyi Kpakpando) and in the process was said to have secured the blessings of Governor Uduaghan, who inside sources allege, was already neck deep in his own troubles over the re-run elections of January 6, 2011 and did not want to add the potentially dangerous situation of working against Okowa to his plate of worries. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has since after his victory at the primaries, carried out what has been regarded as a very sophisticated campaign, which has taken him to all the Council headquarters of the Delta North Local Government areas and some key communities in the Anioma region.o
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