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Foremost economist Pat Utomi has boasted that he is the most qualified to serve as Governor of Delta State in 2019 elections.
Utomi noted this recently when he led members of the Pat Utomi Support Hub (PUSH 2019) to visit leaders and members of Ijaw APC in Delta at the home of the former Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission Power Aginighan in Udu Council area of the state.
He said his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) should field a candidate for the 2019 poll from the Delta North Senatorial District.
As stated by the governorship aspirant, he would be able to turn around the fortunes of the State if given the mandate in 2019.
“The development process is such that if you get it right, you get ownership of it and people owned the process,” he said.
“Two years is enough to make it irreversible. If it belongs to the people, nobody will be able to take it and that is what is important.
“There are a number of cities that are famous in the world for unbelievable development.
“When I first passed through Dubai several years ago, it was desert village, but today, the progress happened so fast that it is not reversible.
“Singapore was just a fishing village that was nowhere near Burutu and today, it is the highest in per capita income in the world.
“My political life is about ideas, commitment towards serving the people with passion because anything we can dream, we can make up. It’s the absence of a clear dream and passionate commitment that has kept us back.
“People who are not as smart as us have made so much progress. So, what we need is smart political leaders and this kind of engagement provides us such opportunity for that.”
he also stated that “It’s a very simple thing. It is a logical process of justice that people from Delta North should expect to serve eight years.
“It’s just natural justice, and I generally support that. But I know that in spite of that, if you take that away, if you put any candidate who has offered himself from any part of this state against my credentials, they won’t stand up.”