| DELTA NORTH SENATORIAL RACE: HON. PASCAL | | | | just four years in order to give chance to any |
| ADIGWE, YOURS SINCERELY. By Chris Okafor | | | | potential and aspiring candidate. That promise was |
| | | | | kept and at the same time honored. Throughout the |
| Elections, campaigns, riggings and imposition of | | | | period spent in the House, there was serious |
| candidates against people`s will are all the | | | | transparency and accountability as he was never |
| characteristics of politics in Nigeria. This is a misleading | | | | indicted for misappropriation of public fund in any |
| metaphor that constitutes the wind against the souls | | | | capacity or engaged in any form of misdemeanor. |
| of the electorates. | | | | |
| This, however, reminds me of a particular slogan then | | | | It has been said, time without number, by our |
| in the department of political science, University of | | | | politicians after being elected that 4yrs is not enough |
| Lagos during the early 90s which reads ‘Life is | | | | to do a single project. Again, Pascal Adigwe proved |
| politics and politics is life, It has always caught my | | | | that wrong. Within 4ys, Ogwashi-Uku Dam and roads |
| fancy whenever I walked through the aisle then to | | | | leading to many areas within the localities were |
| Social Science Student Association meetings | | | | constructed including building houses for the homeless |
| otherwise known as (SOSSA). Those who study | | | | and incorporating Aniocha/Oshimili into NDDC and |
| political science or political engineering and art of | | | | uncountable scholarship schemes for those that |
| politicking can attest to this slogan. | | | | intend to further their educations. |
| It emerges that in Nigeria most people who present | | | | Upon declaration for the seat of Senate, Pascal |
| themselves for political offices through elections has | | | | Adigwe came up with the following manifesto and |
| no single reason why they want to be voted in that | | | | lamented how painful it is that the whole of |
| particular office neither do they possess any quality | | | | Ndokwaland that has the largest concentration of |
| attributes to be there or indeed, have anything to | | | | Gas in West Africa has no tertiary institution. He |
| offer. This could be spotted from their manifestos | | | | promised (1) more schools to bring back our past |
| and ideologies. It seems rather remarkable that | | | | glory in education (2) Skill acquisitions centered in 3 |
| people who aspire to various government offices are | | | | constituencies to engage and empower the youths |
| very much interested in enriching themselves to the | | | | (3) Stronger presence of NDDC and Government |
| detriment of the people rather than leaving a legacy | | | | Parastatals (4) To pursue vigorously policies for |
| behind. Somehow, they got into that office not | | | | revitalization of industries and to create employment |
| because they are the people choice but because | | | | (5) Enhancement of our cultural heritage and bridging |
| they are election-rigging specialists which invariably | | | | the gap of social cleverage between Ndokwa, Ika |
| can explain why they have no single concern for the | | | | and Enueni divide with government and people in |
| people they ought to represent. | | | | order to reduce suspicion (6) Implementation of Child |
| The Delta North Senatorial District has been in a | | | | Rights Act, Insurance, identification scheme and |
| complete shamble and total neglect since the | | | | grater Cooperate social responsibilities by oil |
| commencement of the existing political structures in | | | | companies and at the same time providing enabling |
| Nigeria as a result of personal greed and catastrophic | | | | environments. |
| policy failures. Failure arises when you lacked | | | | Considering all these and excluding the distinctions |
| experience and expertise or when you do not | | | | between the faculties of intellectual reasoning, |
| understand the working knowledge of a particular | | | | thoughts and sensible receptivity as exemplified by |
| task. When you cheat your way to certain | | | | Pascal Adigwe would not only amount to error of |
| achievement, it seems highly likely that you are | | | | judgment but that of subreption. |
| doomed to fail in practice and this is true to all strata | | | | Writing about Pascal Adigwe especially those that |
| of human endeavor. The still-controversial idea that | | | | hardly met him is replete with myriad of |
| humans have specialized decision making systems in | | | | misconceptions, fabrications and innuendo often |
| addition to generalized reasoning ability has been | | | | orchestrated by his politically foes and pundits to |
| around for decades. Its advocates points out that | | | | bring down his rising profile. In the face of all these, |
| the ability to identify untrustworthy people should be | | | | he has always stood tall. |
| favored evolutionarily, since cheats risk undermining | | | | To most friends who has failed in their daily struggle |
| the social interactions in which people trade goods or | | | | to succeed and survive and disheartened by the |
| services for mutual benefits. This is rather an infinite | | | | scattered debris of a fallen dream, Pascal Adigwe has |
| regress. Cheating is synonymous to failure and this is | | | | commiserated and lend a helping hand.He is, perhaps, |
| one of the fundamental reasons why individuals | | | | the only messiah at this moment that the good |
| entrusted with the responsibilities of Delta North | | | | people of Delta North Senatorial District can count on. |
| Senatorial District have absolutely nothing to show | | | | Professionally, He is not a soldier but his fighting spirit |
| for it. | | | | has continuously and consistently endear him to a |
| | | | | General in the Army such that everything he touches |
| When Pascal Nwaoranine Lord-Mike Adigwe joined | | | | automatically turn to gold. |
| the race on the 3rd day of September, 2010 in his | | | | He is NOT into this race to make money or fame |
| hometown Ogwashi-Uku before a mammoth crowd, | | | | that God have already endowed him with. He is here |
| it was with a great sign of relief for number of | | | | to prove a point. A point that what most people |
| people that have across this highly motivated, | | | | failed to accomplish for so many years in Delta North, |
| affectionate, intelligent, and ambitious young man. | | | | he can do that within a short time. |
| Born during the protracted Nigerian Civil war, Pascal | | | | Without sentiment, Pascal Adigwe appears to be the |
| Adigwe, going by his antecedent, was not born with | | | | most viable candidate among all his contemporaries |
| a silver spoon but through dint of hard work, | | | | and I urge all the good people of Delta North to vote |
| perseverance and God guidance, he created silver | | | | him to the Senate. He represents the change that |
| spoon not only for himself and his family but to all | | | | we all crave for in this time of our nation history. He |
| that knows him. | | | | is a working phenomenon that has both been tested |
| In an era where most Nigeria politicians are used to | | | | and trusted privately and publicly. His visions as |
| cheating their ways to a particular office and clog to | | | | demonstrated by aforementioned ideologies singled |
| that position as if it is their birthright, Pascal Adigwe | | | | him out as a man whose mission cannot be attributed |
| upon being elected to Aniocha/Oshimili Federal | | | | to failure. |
| Constituency against all odds in 2003 made a promise | | | | Vote wisely; vote for Pascal Lord-Mike Adigwe for |
| to be in the Federal House of Representatives for | | | | Senate and I guarantee he will never let you down. |