Go and Contest Councillorship Election - Ex- Governor Uduaghan Blasts Pat Utomi

While speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting of the
People’s Democratic Party, the ex-governor of
Delta State decided to send a piece of advise to
Nigeria's foremost economist.

Immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr
Emmanuel Uduaghan has deridingly urged ace
economist, Professor Pat Utomi, to go contest for
a councillorship position in his Ward to learn the
ropes of government in the state.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, Uduaghan
made the sardonic remark in Asaba, on Friday
during a stakeholders’ meeting of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP).
He debunked the wild allegations of financial
mismanagement against the state government by
Prof Utomi at an event in Warri and urged him not
sacrifice the truth on the altar of political
expediencies.
Dr Uduaghan urged the Lagos-based economist
to consider actualizing his political ambition by
first contesting for Councillorship position to get
basic facts on issues affecting governance in the
state.
He described Prof Utomi as someone more of a
bogus ideas, but lacking in the practical execution
of his ideologies.
Uduaghan disclosed that as governor of Delta
State, his administration made Prof Utomi
chairman and member of several committees as
opportunities for the professor to contribute to the
development of the state, but did not show
goodwill and character.
“If Prof Utomi attends any of the meetings, he will
not spend more than five minutes.
“He bragged about his reach internationally, how
he was going to bring international investors and
we had to partner with him to organize a business
forum outside the country with Nigerians in the
diaspora for us to get the investors, but he did
not spend five minutes before he left us, no
investor came to the state through him,”
Uduaghan disclosed.
Speaking further on his experience with the
Professor of Economics, Dr Uduaghan challenged
Deltans to put him on the hot seat on his
stewardship concerning projects that we’re in his
care.
“You people should ask Prof, where is the Silicon
Valley? He took us to his home town, Ibusa for
the foundation laying ceremony of Silicon Valley,
till date, there is nothing to show that the project
has commenced.”
“He has contested for the presidency, he now
wants to be the governor but, I think he should
start from his Ward, he should contest for
Councillor,” Dr Uduaghan advised, amid a
thunderous applause from the excited members of
the PDP.