The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State has said Governor Ifeanyi Okowa played to the gallery for lamenting that he inherited N600 billion debt from his predecessor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, in the state.
In a statement released by its spokesperson, Barr. Martins Mukoro, APC described as “embarrassing and an insult to the sensibility of Deltans, Gov Okowa’s attempt to shed crocodile tears over the huge debt profile of the state.”
APC stated that Okowa was crying wolf in his bid to borrow more money that would plunge the state into a deeper financial mess.
The APC recalled “having earlier forewarned Deltans, during the campaigns, that Okowa represents no change but more of the same of PDP’s 16 years of misrule.
“From Gov Okowa’s days as commissioner under Gov Ibori to his days as the Secretary to the State Government under Gov Uduaghan that accumulated these debts, he has no moral excuse to attempt to distance himself as if he was an on-looker or bystander while the state was being wrecked!
“Gov Okowa was not an on- looker but a key participant and a major co-conspirator in wrecking the finances and economy of Delta State and he is in no position to rescue Delta from the mess created by him and the past PDP administrations.
“If indeed, Gov Okowa insists he has been an on-looker and truly expects Deltans to believe he was not party to the financial rot, let him immediately and urgently institute a panel to probe the huge debts in order to unearth how it was accumulated and who were the beneficiaries of the massive plundering of our commonwealth! Until then, Gov Okowa can’t pull wool over our eyes,” the statement added. .
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