The Executive Assistant to the Governor on Public Enlightenment (Projects and Policies), Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, has cautioned Senator Ned Nwoko against unnecessary attacks on Governor Sherrif Oborevwori over the step-down of the Independent Power Plant (IPP), a Federal Government project.
Ifeajika described the Senator’s attack as unsavoury and an attempt to coerce, stampede, and blackmail the governor before the public to create tension in the state.
Senator Nwoko (representing Delta North Senatorial District), who recently attacked the governor over the IPP project in Okpai, Delta State, insisted that he would not succumb to any blackmail or intimidation but would always speak the truth and defend the mandate given to him by the Anioma people.
He said that as a Senator, he stands to defend the Anioma people and bring development to their doorstep at all times.
However, Ifeajika, a former Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, described Nwoko’s tactics as uncalled for and urged the Senator to focus on bringing democratic dividends from the Federal Government to his constituency, rather than creating division in the PDP family.
Ifeajika, who spoke at a press conference in Asaba, said: “At all levels, there is the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judiciary, and they complement each other to function well.
“As constituents of members of the National Assembly from the state, we look up to them to attract development in different dimensions from the Federal Government to the constituencies.
“Senator Nwoko’s job, like those in the House of Assembly here in Delta, is to work closely with President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Executive Council to attract development to Delta North, and by extension, to the state, and not otherwise.”
He explained that the first phase of the IPP project in Okpai, Ndokwa East, whose work started in 2002, was inaugurated by then-President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2005, with the capacity to generate 480 megawatts of electricity.
“It became more uncharitable when he said that the governor must bring out the money to pay the contractors upfront. This is very irregular,” he said.