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September 7, 2020 | News
MORE STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS: IS GOVERNOR OKOWA POWER-DRUNK OR WHAT?
We are still trying to understand the logic and the reason why a Governor, who has not been able to pay Delta State pensioners up to date, and who has just few months to the end of his tenure in office, is still busy submitting more new names of Commissioners and making more appointments to the Delta State Executive Council? How can Governor Ifeanyi Okowa still be appointing more Commissioners at this late hour? These were the questions that bothered our minds when it was recently reported that Governor Okowa had on Thursday, November 8, 2018, forwarded to the State House of Assembly another nominee, Hon. Joseph Utomi for appointment as Commissioner and member of the Delta State Executive Council.
Commissioner to do what exactly? What is the portfolio, Office designation and functions of the said Commissioner because it was never mentioned? And why Prof. Pat Utomi's brother? The same Prof. Pat Utomi who was one of the APC Governorship aspirants that contested for the ticket some weeks ago. But the most important question is, what is the purpose of these ‘late hour’ appointments by Governor Okowa? Every day, we hear of one politician or the other defecting to the ruling party in Delta State just to grab late appointments from Governor Okowa. Are these appointments meant to get credible help that would assist him run his administration for the benefit of the people? Obviously not! Because even with the existing bogus Executive Council under him, the Okowa administration has not been able to achieve anything in the last three years plus. So, what magic is he hoping these late appointments would do to his administration? But again, we all know that is not the main reason why these late hour appointments are being made.
Just last month October, this was how Governor Okowa nominated Mr. Julius Takeme and Mr. Freeman Fregene for appointment as Commissioners and members of the State Executive Council, and also nominated Mr. Mofe Pirah, Olorogun Talib Tebite, and Mr. Ejaife Odebala as members of the Governing Board of the State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), and Dr. Samuel Ossai nominated as Executive Director in the board, and then also nominated Mr. Kelly Oghenekevwe as a member of the Board of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue. The excuse being given that Governor Okowa is exercising the powers conferred on him by the Constitution and the different Sections of the State Laws concerned, is nothing but rubbish. It does not justify such actions, especially when his administration just has few months to the end. This action is only typical of a Government that has no focus, no vision and no direction to leave any lasting legacy in the lives of the people they are supposed to govern.
I really do not blame Governor Okowa, but I blame those accepting to be appointed into an administration that has just few months to end. The whole situation makes one wonder if Governor Okowa is power-drunk. Or has he become deaf that he no longer hears again? Has Power blocked Governor Okowa’s ears that he does not hear again? Especially, even with all the back lash that greeted his recent appointments before the last one. On his own, he has forgotten that his administration is coming to end with his wagon of Commissioners? Why waste more public funds/resources, which ought to be used to pay pensioners and pay for the construction of basic infrastructure, just to satisfy few persons? The infrastructure will be used by the public to create wealth for themselves. An administration will sell itself better to the public by doing things that will please the common masses and not satisfying some selected few persons.
As a medical doctor, Governor Okowa ought to have been well-educated enough to know what is good for the public. What is the essence of emphasizing on paper qualifications for politicians seeking for power and positions, who do not really understand what it means to Serve The Public? Though, I have observed overtime that Governor Okowa obviously has a stone-heart, but it is even more saddening that our so-called Delta State educated elites are comfortable with all the rubbish we are being fed by this clueless and visionless administration of Governor Okowa. How can Delta State ever develop or move one step towards development, with this sort of ‘attitude-of-ignoring-the-people’ to ‘please selected few’, by the Okowa administration? The obvious; “go to hell, I will always manipulate my way” - attitude of Governor Okowa should stop. Is it right for him to appoint more Commissioners at this hour of his administration? What is the role of his advisers and PAs and SAs?
The bottom line is that these appointments, which can be termed as ‘jobs for the boys’, clearly justifies the undeniable fact that Governor Okowa lacks what it takes to drive this State to greater heights. He clearly does not understand what good governance is all about. Should we call his recent stunt appointments sheer wickedness, cruelty, or just being power-drunk and power-deaf or what?
Zik Gbemre.
We Mobilize Others to Fight for Individual Causes as if Those Were Our Causes
We are still trying to understand the logic and the reason why a Governor, who has not been able to pay Delta State pensioners up to date, and who has just few months to the end of his tenure in office, is still busy submitting more new names of Commissioners and making more appointments to the Delta State Executive Council? How can Governor Ifeanyi Okowa still be appointing more Commissioners at this late hour? These were the questions that bothered our minds when it was recently reported that Governor Okowa had on Thursday, November 8, 2018, forwarded to the State House of Assembly another nominee, Hon. Joseph Utomi for appointment as Commissioner and member of the Delta State Executive Council.
Commissioner to do what exactly? What is the portfolio, Office designation and functions of the said Commissioner because it was never mentioned? And why Prof. Pat Utomi's brother? The same Prof. Pat Utomi who was one of the APC Governorship aspirants that contested for the ticket some weeks ago. But the most important question is, what is the purpose of these ‘late hour’ appointments by Governor Okowa? Every day, we hear of one politician or the other defecting to the ruling party in Delta State just to grab late appointments from Governor Okowa. Are these appointments meant to get credible help that would assist him run his administration for the benefit of the people? Obviously not! Because even with the existing bogus Executive Council under him, the Okowa administration has not been able to achieve anything in the last three years plus. So, what magic is he hoping these late appointments would do to his administration? But again, we all know that is not the main reason why these late hour appointments are being made.
Just last month October, this was how Governor Okowa nominated Mr. Julius Takeme and Mr. Freeman Fregene for appointment as Commissioners and members of the State Executive Council, and also nominated Mr. Mofe Pirah, Olorogun Talib Tebite, and Mr. Ejaife Odebala as members of the Governing Board of the State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), and Dr. Samuel Ossai nominated as Executive Director in the board, and then also nominated Mr. Kelly Oghenekevwe as a member of the Board of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue. The excuse being given that Governor Okowa is exercising the powers conferred on him by the Constitution and the different Sections of the State Laws concerned, is nothing but rubbish. It does not justify such actions, especially when his administration just has few months to the end. This action is only typical of a Government that has no focus, no vision and no direction to leave any lasting legacy in the lives of the people they are supposed to govern.
I really do not blame Governor Okowa, but I blame those accepting to be appointed into an administration that has just few months to end. The whole situation makes one wonder if Governor Okowa is power-drunk. Or has he become deaf that he no longer hears again? Has Power blocked Governor Okowa’s ears that he does not hear again? Especially, even with all the back lash that greeted his recent appointments before the last one. On his own, he has forgotten that his administration is coming to end with his wagon of Commissioners? Why waste more public funds/resources, which ought to be used to pay pensioners and pay for the construction of basic infrastructure, just to satisfy few persons? The infrastructure will be used by the public to create wealth for themselves. An administration will sell itself better to the public by doing things that will please the common masses and not satisfying some selected few persons.
As a medical doctor, Governor Okowa ought to have been well-educated enough to know what is good for the public. What is the essence of emphasizing on paper qualifications for politicians seeking for power and positions, who do not really understand what it means to Serve The Public? Though, I have observed overtime that Governor Okowa obviously has a stone-heart, but it is even more saddening that our so-called Delta State educated elites are comfortable with all the rubbish we are being fed by this clueless and visionless administration of Governor Okowa. How can Delta State ever develop or move one step towards development, with this sort of ‘attitude-of-ignoring-the-people’ to ‘please selected few’, by the Okowa administration? The obvious; “go to hell, I will always manipulate my way” - attitude of Governor Okowa should stop. Is it right for him to appoint more Commissioners at this hour of his administration? What is the role of his advisers and PAs and SAs?
The bottom line is that these appointments, which can be termed as ‘jobs for the boys’, clearly justifies the undeniable fact that Governor Okowa lacks what it takes to drive this State to greater heights. He clearly does not understand what good governance is all about. Should we call his recent stunt appointments sheer wickedness, cruelty, or just being power-drunk and power-deaf or what?
Zik Gbemre.
We Mobilize Others to Fight for Individual Causes as if Those Were Our Causes