“The poor are under attack. Yet war has not been declared on poverty.” -Anonymous


The oppression of the people; hoodwinked economic ideologies; wanton brutality of the masses by forces meant to protect them and non accountability of public office holders; among other virulent failings, are the rewards Nigerians get from elected representatives entrusted with the resources of the nation and enjoys the goodwill of the people to turn the country's economic predicaments around.


Worst still, in a false posture, the oligarchs bamboozle the masses to believe that the resources of the State is a collective commonwealth, but in the real sense, economic policies are enunciated to address their needs first, leaving the masses in disarray and untold hardship. Otherwise, how would one explain that the punishment for kidnapping is death sentence whereas the punishment for corruption, that is the mother of all societal vices, is a mere jail term? It goes to show the parochial sentiments of these elected representatives.


There's no gainsaying that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s cloaks are immersed in the pool of political and economic parochialism as his mantra “prosperity for all Deltans" has inevitably become an attack on the poor. The governor who cannot pay salaries to teachers and local government workers, as at when due, is bent on banning the use of Keke in Asaba and Warri, thereby making life extremely difficult for the common masses.


A source disclosed that Governor Okowa is hell bent on following Rochas Okorocha footsteps to ban the use of ‘Keke’ in Asaba and Warri once he is re-elected in 2019. According to the source, who do not want his name in print, “one of the first things Okowa plans on doing, if re-elected in 2019, is to ban the use of Keke in Warri and Asaba. The governor feels the keke transport system constitute nuisancy in these cities.” How rational can this be?


Many who have been to Asaba and Warri, the two cities that are the hub of economic activities in the state, would attest to the fact that the ‘keke’ transport system is a source of livelihood to more than 15,000 families and sustains almost a hundred thousand individuals in these cities. Most parents continue to depend on the ‘keke' transportation business to meet the basic needs of life as well as see their children through school. It is, therefore, unthinkable that Okowa’s administration seeks to ban the use of keke in these cities, if re-elected. It should be noted that Okowa’s YAGEP and other economic schemes designed by his administration did not empower up to 5,000 Deltans.


Therefore, as the 2019 General Elections draws closer, we know the machinery of deceitful propaganda would be oiled, as such to ride on the intelligence of undiscerning Deltans, but more importantly, we know that the poor are under attack. Yet war has not been declared on poverty in Delta State.


Deltans must resist Okowa and his parochial economic ideology.


http://www.crunchtimez.com/2018/04/okowa-to-ban-keke.html?m=1

Why not provide viable alternative first!

Okowa take it easy ooo...Since there no job that's what most Warri youths do to earn a living ooo, like the guy above me said he should at least provide an alternative means first.
I remember when I just bought my car, those Warri Keke gave it tribal marks. They would scratch your car at every corner purposely and tell you SORRY

This must be a joke or propaganda. Ban keke in asaba with all the narrow streets? What will he replace them with?