The Deputy Governor of Delta State, Kingsley Otuaro, has declared his readiness to move the the state from a consuming one to a productive economy.
The People’s Democratic Party’s frontline governorship aspirant stated this as part of his manifesto, which promises a “Better Deal” for Deltans.
Otuaro said the large landmass in the state would be put to proper use towards large scale agricultural ventures in a bid to make the state self-dependent.
The revered peace builder also expressed his desire to make the state a manufacturing hub when elected into office.
In his words;
“We need to move from a โ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐โ ๐ญ๐จ a ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ (๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ) ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ฒ.
“We canโt have abundant land and mineral resources with huge agricultural and industrial potential to continue to depend on other States for basic food and household products.
“We have a proven reserve of mineral resources including industrial clay, silica, lignite, kaolin, tar sand, decorative rocks, limestone, etc. in addition to our veritable history of competitive advantage in cash crops such as oil palm, cocoa, rubber, and timber. We also have great potential in producing staple crops such as rice, maize, yam, plantain, cassava, etc.
“๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ (๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ) ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ ๐-๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ.
“๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ค๐๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ง. Letโs unlock our true agricultural and industrial potentials and create wealth for our people and jobs opportunities for our over ๐.๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง.
“The mills can work again — rubber, beverages, textile, and sawmill and we would do more than oil, for ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ/๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.
“Farmers would rejoice because their farm produces would attract greater value from buyers with an active food processing sector. We will do more than subsistence fishing and the fisher women in the riverine would once in their lifetime enjoy dividends from commercial fishing businesses with ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.”
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