He can rig o if he likes, but he won’t get our votes. WE CANNOT REWARD FAILURE with another term!
It is not personal.
Here are my reasons!
1. He didn’t tour sufficiently or meet the people for his own 2023 elections. He relied on the popularity of another person. Indeed, it was another aspirant who came and appealed to us to vote for him, not Gofio (Godwin Offiono, Member representing Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency) himself. Until the time we voted massively for him, I had never met him. Until today as I write this, I have never met him. A solid 3 years as a HOR representing me, this man is ignoring the majority of his constituents including its leaders!
2. Even after he won, I advised a Thank You Tour. He reneged on that. My argument was that since he didn’t see the people before he won, he should go back and appreciate them. He didn’t. Instead through his advisers, he came up with all manners of inane excuses. They said he was a new member, he had nothing to thank the people with! Imagine!!
3. In the course of his representation since 2023, his impact is close to zero. I can hardly find anyone who he has genuinely uplifted. Even the motley empowerment he has done is mostly social media talk with scanty pictures as if he does not see the empowerment done by House of Rep members in other states and constituencies.
4. We are of the view that return to elective office is not gained by entitlement, but by services to the people. Despite not knowing him as a person, I would never have believed that his showing would be so poor.
5. I am a leader in my community, I am a stakeholder in our constituency, this man who claims to represent me and my people has never met us. He has never come to us to explain his stewardship, yet he wants another term.
6. He can rig o if he likes, but he won’t get our votes. WE CANNOT REWARD FAILURE with another term!
In the pictures attached are some of his empowerment. He gathers adults to give them 2 cans of herbicide and a sprayer and then gets them to hold up his placards. Calculate the cost of a sprayer and 2 herbicides. And this mantas the courage to bring men from their homes for this? From the look on the faces of the recipients, you can see how thoroughly unhappy they are. These pictures are proudly displayed on his Facebook page from where I got them. You be the judge.
I am High Chief, Ray Ugba Morphy, Mgba Ntol, Ogoja LGA.
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