By: Dr. Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe
Otegability Change is a political coinage now a mega force in Delta political movement. It is centered around a powerful personality, humble and highly proactive in the management of human and material resources. Taken from the first name of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor – the 2015 Delta governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Otegability Change has suddenly become a household political slogan in the state.
It is about the vision of this political enigma with great desire to end the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 16 years of misrule and the need to bring about socio-economic and political remodeling of Delta State. Olorogun Emerhor has vast resources and top class connections in the political and business world.
His vision is not to improve election rigging strategies of the PDP, not to gather crafty fellows to loot the resources of the state, not to govern for personal gains but to key into the CHANGE political revolution of the APC to turn around economic fortunes of the state for the good of Deltans.
He fought a good fight during the 2015 elections and thus became the first notable politician who gave the PDP and the Labour Party (LP) sleepless nights. He dazzled his political detractors with high sense of humour, organizational skills and steady and well crafted political articulations of the affairs of Delta State. PDP and the LP were so frustrated that the name EMERHOR invokes electioneering panic and phobia.
Emerhor mobilized men and women, young and old, the youth and party faithful to vote for the APC and its candidates but the PDP dashed the hopes and aspirations of Deltans by rigging the 2015 elections through various tactics. He spoke extensively about President Buhari’s vision for Nigeria and made the APC very popular for the first time in Delta State. He was attacked both in words and actions by his political detractors but he remained calm and calculated. He is indeed a man of HONOUR and a great lover of PEACE.
Throughout the campaign, Emerhor keep vigil reading every post on social media, read national dailies and listened to political comments and development on television. Often times, he would draw the attention of the Media and Political Communication Directorate to sensitive political statements and innuendos of the opposition and as well fine tune the out flow of information dissemination.
Of a truth, Olorogun Emerhor is a complete team player with uncommon energy for round the clock work hours. He slept few hours daily (say three hours) throughout the election period. He attended virtually all important meetings at various levels across the state and also attended social events of party faithful and political associates. He combined these herculean task with his boardroom engagements which cut across all walks of life. He is a fellow of the Charted Institute of Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), a tun-around expert and Insurance guru.
His vision is to pioneer a progressive Delta State where human, material and financial resources are harnessed and properly channeled towards productive ventures for the socioeconomic advancement of Deltans and the state.
Emerhor is a perfect gentleman. You can take his words and promises to the BANK. He is extremely friendly, humble and highly detribalized but respects the common dreams and aspirations of his ethnic nationality. He frowns at rules and moral issues that are essentially repugnant to natural justice, equity and good conscience. He avoids alcohol with total concentration and loves to drink water when thirsty. He is not a food person (two light meals daily) and not a fun seeker but a workaholic. He is a prudent manager of financial resources and very much interested in value for every Naira spent.
His amiable wife, Olorogun Rita Emerhor is a tested and trusted entrepreneur. She is the founding Managing Director of HEROS FURNITURES LTD, a company known for customized furniture among other businesses. She’s got the intelligence, mental capacity and business acumen to withstand her husband’s first class credentials. Both are grand parents, best friends and business partners to a large extent. The duo are humble, highly proactive and good managers of resources. They are committed to bring CHANGE to Delta State.
Emerhor organised an elaborate thanksgiving service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Asaba, Delta State to celebrate the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at the polls. President Buhari is the first civilian president in Nigeria who defeated an incumbent President in the history of Nigeria’s democracy. The event was thus remarkable as Deltans, party faithful.friends and political associates of the Emerhors in the State and beyond danced to the Alter with Emerhor and his wife digging it out in several dance steps. It was a day Deltans displayed their love and respect for President Buhari and the APC.
Emerhor wants to see a Delta State that is economically viable with enduring structures that guarantees consistent economic growth. He is very much interested in raising the standard of living of Deltans, build new standard schools and upgrade educational standards of colleges and tertiary institutions, improve life expectancy and reduce mortality rates through sound health policies and address the vexed issues of community health.
Emerhor is a turn-around expert who is well known in the industrial sector of our economy. One of his strong desires is to revive moribund industries in the state and introduce policies that will further enhance public-private partnership to create jobs and make the state a business hub in sub-Sahara Africa. Youth and Women empowerment through vocational training and SME funding remains one of his major focal points which will come to fruition when APC finally takes over the affairs of the State in the near future.
Emehor is calm and calculated. He is sure to get Delta State to the desired level of economic prosperity in the near future when power shifts from the PDP to APC. He will end the looting of financial resources in the State and block all leakages to bring about genuine PROSPERITY FOR DELTANS.
