By Paul Odili
This write-up looks at the E component of the MORE Agenda.
As a governing vision the MORE manifesto of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, the PDP Governorship candidate should be taken very seriously. It offers a great deal of encompassing insight, plans, and projections of what his administration proposes to do when voted into office by Deltans next year.
Since winning the PDP party ticket, the Delta House of Assembly Speaker, Rt Hon. Oborevwori has been full-throated about his agenda such that at the campaign trails it has become a campaign anthem of ‘I will do more, I will listen more, I will give more’ etc, a play on the word MORE! This is remarkable and for anyone who might not have had time to delve into the depth of this agenda, this series offers some high-level perspective on the More Agenda and why perhaps the PDP candidate is very enthusiastic, you might say ebullient, in making the MORE promises, knowing that he will be judged by the success or otherwise of this Agenda.
The MORE manifesto standing for (Meaningful Development, Opportunities for all, Realistic Reforms and Enhanced peace and security) of Delta State speaks to the importance of extending, consolidating, modernizing, and improving the critical areas of the socio-economic needs of Delta State – ranging from Infrastructure, Human Capital, Environmental, Economic and Socio-cultural development of the different peoples of Delta State. A State seen as a mini-Nigeria that has also become a successful socio-political experiment on integration.
The MORE Agenda is well put together and as a guide rail will assist anyone with an interest in tracking down the promises of the incoming PDP administration when elected into office. In the first part of what will be a series of interventions dissecting the MORE Agenda, we start by looking at the E component (Enhanced Peace and Security) of Delta State of this plan.
In constructing this document and the vision behind it Rt. Hon. Oborevwori was acutely aware of the importance of peace and security as a critical component of what keeps a society stable and functional and which greatly aids development. In other words, Peace and Security is a foundational responsibility of any successful government, whose programmes and vision succeeds or fails depending on how it is defined, handled, and implemented. The MORE plan on Peace and Security enunciates the following points: “Peace and security create the right atmosphere for social and economic life. The rest development agenda cannot materialise without the deliberate and sustained prevalence of peace and security. Therefore, I will deploy all necessary resources, energies, collaboration, partnership, stakeholder engagement, consultation and dialogue.”
In other words, no effort and resources will be spared to build on the existing peace and security of Delta State. The MORE Agenda went further to highlight six key pillars of the Peace and Security programme for the State. It speaks of building “ mechanisms for early warning signals, conflict prevention, conflict resolution, and conflict control; sustained engagement with critical stakeholders such as traditional rulers, community leaders, youths, women groups, etc to maintain peace and resolve controls; create platforms for cultural exchanges between communities; establish and maintain channels for policy and programmes feedback from the grassroots and stakeholders; engage youths in productive and gainful employment to mitigate youth restiveness and criminality; collaborate with all security agencies in the maintenance of law and order”
Without a doubt, the security component of the MORE Agenda should be seen as one Rt. Hon. Oborevwori has had a practical hands-on and tangential experience and which he has excelled in over the years. He was at various times Special Adviser to the Governor of Delta State on Land Security (2007-2010); State Coordinator for the Amnesty Programme (2009-2010); Senior Special Assistant on Security to the Governor (2012-2014). His resume underscores his experience which assures that the security and stability of Delta State will not be in jeopardy under his administration.
Paul Odili is a member of Delta State PDP Campaign Council
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