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DELTA STATE IN 2026: GOVERNMENT HOUSE IS OCCUPIED, BUT WHERE IS GOVERNANCE? It is disgraceful that in 2026, entire communities in an oil-producing state like Delta are still struggling to access something as basic as electricity. Let us be clear: We are not demanding 24-hour electricity or uninterrupted power supply. We are simply talking about communities having the opportunity to see NEPA light once in a while! Look at the situation across the state: - ISOKO NATION: Residents have been protesting for days over prolonged power outages. Entire communities remain in darkness. - NDOKWA NATION: Communities are still battling the absence of electricity. - AYAKOROMO AND NEIGHBOURING COMMUNITIES: Residents have endured decades without electricity. Think about the humiliation. In a state blessed with oil wealth and substantial public revenues, people are still struggling with basic amenities that should be the starting point of development. Beyond electricity, communities are battling poor roads, inadequate healthcare, unsafe drinking water and inadequate security. What exactly is the development story of the @RtHonSheriff administration? Where is the impact of government spending in the daily lives of ordinary Deltans? What tangible improvement can a struggling family point to and say, "This is what governance has done for us"? The greatest indictment of any government is not the number of political speeches it delivers, but the living conditions of the people it governs. And while communities are protesting and crying out for basic amenities, the Governor has abandoned governance and pursuing another four-year mandate. A second term must be discussed alongside the record of the first. What has been delivered? Which neglected communities have been transformed? How many families now enjoy basic services they previously lacked?

PRESS RELEASE November 5, 2026 ONE WEEK, NEW LOAN, NIGERIANS SHOULD VOTE MASSIVELY FOR OBI/KWANKWASO TICKET IN 2027 SAYS NDC The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on Nigerians to turn out in massive numbers in the 2027 elections and use their votes to demand accountability, fiscal responsibility and a government that puts the people’s interests first. The party says the country’s growing debt burden, in light of new loan requests by President Bola Tinubu, and the obligations being passed on to future generations make this election too important for citizens to sit out. President Bola Tinubu has again asked the National Assembly to approve a new external borrowing plan of $7.7 billion (approximately ₦10.79 trillion) to help finance the 2026 budget deficit, making this a case of one week, new loan. Spokesperson of NDC National Campaign Council, Dr Constance Ikokwu, told journalists that the party’s passionate appeal to Nigerians is to turn out massively and vote for Mr. Peter Obi and Eng. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso on January 16, 2027, just as Americans demonstrated the power of the ballot in their November 4, 2026 elections. She observed that Americans, like Nigerians, are grappling with the high cost of living and economic hardship. Rather than merely grumbling or resigning themselves to their circumstances, she said, Americans turned out to exercise their democratic rights, demonstrating that the power to change government ultimately rests with the electorate. Dr Ikokwu therefore urged Nigerians to emulate Americans, whom she described as champions of democratic participation, by coming out in their millions to vote for Obi and Kwankwaso. Dr Ikokwu said: “Truly, it seems that right now, we cannot stop President Tinubu from his One Week! New Loan! One Week! New Loan! borrowing spree, which is already hitting the roof, because, regrettably, he has pocketed the National Assembly. We seem to have a rubber-stamp legislature that before a loan request formally gets to its desk, it has already been endorsed. “But Nigerians should not despair. The ballot remains our most powerful instrument of change. We appeal to citizens to use their votes to rescue the country from this debt trap and entrust its future to a government committed to transparency, accountability and prudent management of public resources.” The NDC reiterated that the country’s economic future must not be mortgaged by unsustainable borrowing and the mismanagement of public resources. Signed Dr. Chiogo Constance Ikokwu Spokesperson, National Presidential Campaign Council