Delta State politics today

Yesterday, a friend, a Deltan, engaged me facebook inbox. He said we should support continuity in Delta State. I asked what he meant specifically, and he said we should support our “Ego Aria” PDP governor and all the current public office holders to continue in 2019.

I asked him if he is happy with the governor’s level of performance, he answered not quite, but that the governor is “our own”

I asked him again if he is happy with his own representatives’ (senator, House of Reps, House of Assembly members, Local Government Chairmen and Councillors) level of performance. Again, his answer was not convincing.

I told him that for 18 years Delta State has maintained an unusual “continuity” spirit in supporting PDP but what has been the reward for it. My friend didn’t have a convincing answer to that either.

I told him further that if by “continuity” he meant sustaining the prevailing paradigm in Delta State, then he should count me out. My vote may not count, but my conscience will ask me questions. I cannot support continuity in misgovernance.

If you use a whole 18 years only to learn how to perform when are you going to perform proper? Delta State needs to try another party. Edo State did it and we are seeing the positive result. Anambra State did it and (again) we are seeing the positive result. Only those who do not want to make progress do not want change.

The logic of not supporting continuity is that those who are aspiring to take over would strive to out-perform their predecessor. In other words, with each change of government, a new performance benchmark is set. The corollary is that if a sitting government wants to remain, then it must beat its previous achievements, as in continuous improvement. Either way, change is the answer.

That is what happens in the US, a country we want to model ourselves after, and that is what happened in Edo and Anambra States.

NOTE: This is not a campaign for any one particular party. Vote your conscience.