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The Pioneer Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural & Community Development, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Okoro, Ph.D, on Thursday, congratulated the Delta State Governor, Senator Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa on his worthy emergence as the 2023 Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a statement conveyed by his Special Assistant on Media, Comrade Victory Oku, Okoro described Governor Okowa's emergence as a divine assignment from God, for him to deliver more of his wealthy leadership prowess. "I join our party leaders, faithfuls and supporters in Nigeria to congratulate my Governor, His Excellency, Senator Dr. Arthur Ifeanyi Okowa, on his emergence as the Vice Presidential candidate of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming 2023 general election. "This is a sound choice by our presidential flag bearer, His Excellency, Atiku Abubakar and our party, as Governor Okowa's pro

By Raw Reporters  As the nation observes this year’s Democracy Day, the Pioneer Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and Special Adviser to the Governor on Rural and Community Development, Rt. Hon. Emmanuel Okoro, Ph.D, has expressed concern that the present democratic situation in Nigeria is yet to deliver dividends of democracy to Nigerians.  Dr. Okoro, in a statement through his Special Assistant on Media, Comrade Victory Oku, to commemorate Nigeria’s Democracy Day which coincides with the 29th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 elections, noted that the ritual practice is yet to add value to our political and socio-economic development. He recalled Nigeria's Democracy Day previously held annually on May 29, the anniversary of the inauguration of the Fourth Republic, and how on June 6, 2018, the federal government declared June 12 Nigeria's new Democracy Day in honour of the memory of Chief Moshood Abiola, who won the June 12, 1993 election that was annulled by the mil