Senator Nwoko declares 100 percent support for Warri state creation
**Says he consulted Okowa, Delta North HoR, State Assembly Members for Anioma State CreationÂ
The Senator representing Delta North Constituency in the Senate, Senator Prince Ned Munir Nwoko has revealed how he reached out to the three members of the House of Representatives and members of the Delta State Assembly from Delta North over the renewed quest for Anioma State creation.
Speaking with mainstreamnews Thursday on phone, the Senator, who recently changed party platform on the floor of the Red Chamber from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), said he also consulted the immediate past governor of Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and did all that was required of him to do as a legislator to carry every stakeholder along.
“I reached out separately to each of the three members of the House of Representatives. In fact, Hon. Ngozi Okolie said he fully supports the creation of Anioma State and was physically present at the Anioma Stakeholders Summit at Grand Hotels on August 31st, last year.
“Nnamdi Ezechi also said he supports the renewed quest for Anioma. It was only Hon. Victor Nwokolo that told me he needed to consult the former governor, Dr Okowa. I also consulted the former governor Okowa, consulted the Nine members Delta North caucus of the Delta State House Assembly through the majority leader, Hon. Emeka Nwaobi.
“These consultations were done before my we organised the Anioma Stakeholders Summit which held on August 31st. I believe I have done what I ought to do as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, representing my people of Delta North”, the newly appointed chairman of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Crude Oil Theft stated.
“Not regarding the role I’m playing for the creation of our dear Anioma State, we all owe our people and our forebears this most important responsibility to ensure we realise the Anioma dream. I don’t have to push or lobby any Anioma stakeholder to support the actualisation of Anioma State.
“I’m not the initiators of the creation of Anioma State. In fact I joined the clamour during the 2014 Constitutional Conference under Jonathan’s administration. Now that I’m in the Senator I took it up from where all of us left it at that conference.
“Again, what I’m doing in the Senate does not stop my people in the House of Representatives from also pushing for Anioma State. It makes the effort easier. In fact, that is why I’m happy about the Bill for the creation of Warri State before the House of Representatives.
“I’m giving the initiators of the Warri State my 100% support. With the push for Warri State, automatically Anioma State becomes easier to achieve. At the stage where we are in the Senate, it would no longer be necessary to undertake all the processes since there’s another Bill also pushing for the split of the present Delta State”, the celebrity legislator enthused.
