Senate 2019: Uduaghan Gets Delta Entertainers Backing

Entertainers from Delta State have backed former governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for the Delta South senatorial seat of the Senate in 2019.

The entertainers who include notables like comedians I Go Dye and Ogus Baba who are both Delta indigenes recently visited Uduaghan’s Warri country home to give him their assurances of support at the senatorial poll.

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The entertainers now join a long list of stakeholders who have thrown their weight behind the two-term governor of the state for the Senate in 2019.

Uduaghan, it would be recalled, had said recently, that his ambition to represent Delta South in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly would be a way of giving back to the people of the region.

Mr. Ogus Baba told the former governor during their visit that: “We have missed you, we missed the breakfast, the smiles and jokes, above all, you gave a lot of us platforms and encouragement to excel, hence we have come to say sir, we are behind and with you on your new political endeavour; we do not have much but this 50,000 Naira we give from our hearts to open a new chapter in your new political quest.”

Also speaking, I Go Dye wished the erstwhile governor well and assured him that the token they have given in support of his senatorial pursuit was from the entire Delta State youths viz-a-viz the gate-takings from the Harry Song show held at the Warri Township Stadium recently.

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Responding, the senatorial hopeful appreciated their show of love and support towards him and the good people of Delta State. He further stressed that he invested in entertainment while he was Governor because he always believed in the talents of the youths from the state. Uduaghan noted that his time as governor brought Asaba to limelight as the number one destination for the Nigerian movie industry as measures were put in place to make life easy for movie producers and directors.

“Virtually all the hotels used for the shooting of movies were subsidized by government to encourage the industry. Hence Nollywood became one of the biggest export in Nigeria with a lot of return on investment to the Nigerian economy,” he said.

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