Barely two weeks to the expiration of the administration of the current local government council chairmen, the chairman of Isoko South council and Delta state chairman of the Association of Local Government Of Nigeria, (ALGON), Constantine Itiako Ikpokpo, KSM alias Malik, on Tuesday led his family, friends, well wishers, political associates in special thanksgiving mass for a successful tenure in office.
The mass which was held at the St Peter Catholic Church, Oleh, headquarters of Isoko south local government area of the state also afford the state ALGON chairman opportunity to seek God’s face for a second tenure as the council chairman in the January, 6, 2018 council polls.
While thanking God for seeing him and his family through in the last three years in office, Ikpokpo announced to the congregation that as a believer and follower of Christ, he decided to kick off his second term ambition with thanksgiving for God blessings “Because power belong and comes from God and God alone. My life is solely dependent on God. In Him I dwell, in Him I have my being”
Shortly after the mass, Ikpokpo who was accompanied by his wife, family, friends and political associates in a convoy proceeded to the Isoko South Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Secretariat where he formal made his intention for a second tenure known.
The ALGON boss who was warmly received by the Isoko South PDP, chairman, Raphael Odorewu, the PDP State Youth Leader, Bino Owhede and other party officials and faithful, disclosed that his desire to contest for a second tenure was borne out of his desire to consolidate on the foundations we have laid.
According to Ikpokpo “My desire to run again is borne of my sincere desire to consolidate on the foundations we have laid in critical areas of primary school education, primary healthcare, security, environment, agriculture and most importantly, opening up the economic frontiers towards improved private sector investment in areas of our comparative advantage”.
Responding, the Isoko South PDP, chairman, Raphael Odorewu, assured that the party shall give its full support to the ALGON boss even as they remember him in prayers.
The second term declaration of Ikpokpo was well attended party members, past chairmen of the party, stalwarts and aggrieved members of the party who came to show solidarity to the council chairman.
In an interview with our correspondents, a cross section of members of the party, described the out going ALGON chairman as a man of peace with a heart of gold who carries everyone along in the scheme of things and deserves a second term in office.
The party members while throwing their weights behind Ikpokpo’s second teem bid, called on all and sundry in the local government to give their supports to the out going council chairman in his reelection.
