{"id":23852,"date":"2014-03-05T13:55:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T12:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=23852"},"modified":"2014-03-05T13:55:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T12:55:40","slug":"ministerial-position-urhobo-political-leaders-ask-president-jonathan-to-reject-dr-steve-oru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ministerial-position-urhobo-political-leaders-ask-president-jonathan-to-reject-dr-steve-oru\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministerial Position : Urhobo Political  Leaders Ask President Jonathan to Reject Dr Steve Oru"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Political leaders from the Urhobo Ethnic group from Delta State has urged<br \/>\nPresident Goodluck Jonathan to distance himself from Dr. Steve Oru as a<br \/>\nMinisterial nominee from Delta State if the President has any intention to<br \/>\nre-run in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Rising from a crucial meeting in Delta State , the Ugheli Political Forum<br \/>\nwithin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has call on President to<br \/>\nJonathan to declare for the Presidency in 2015 but warned that such move<br \/>\nshould not be accompanied by the appointment of Dr. Steve Oru as a<br \/>\nMinister from Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>According the group , if and when &#8221; character like Oru who is the<br \/>\nincumbent National Vice Chairman ,South South of the PDP is made<br \/>\nminister , it will amount to minus to the Administration of President<br \/>\nJonathan in terms of quality representation , Political representation<br \/>\namongst others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dr Steve Oru bribed the Delta State Chairman of PDP Barr. Peter Nwaboshi<br \/>\nwith the sum of N2.5 Million to inaugurate a parallel Ward Executive<br \/>\nCommittee in six wards of Delta State. This led to pysical assault and<br \/>\nStabbing of Delta State Commissioner of Finance, Proff. Patrick<br \/>\nMuoboghare.<\/p>\n<p>Oru who was the erstwhile Deputy National Secretary of the PDP was also<br \/>\naccuse of lacking in credibility, Honesty and &#8220;is of no political<br \/>\nrelevance in his area with record failure to win his electoral word or<br \/>\nUnit for the PDP&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apart from legal issues which Oru is said to be battling with at the<br \/>\ncourt, some or which are bordering on corruption is a known for his anti-<br \/>\npart activities which he ma repeat in 2015 if necessary steps are not<br \/>\ntaking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are however compelled with a deep sense of responsibility to state<br \/>\nemphatically that even though the Urhobo nation desires to be in the<br \/>\nmainstream of national politics, it will not allow a man with a battered<br \/>\nreputation be recomended to you as Minister of the Federal Repubublic of<br \/>\nNigeria<br \/>\nWe sincerely believe that at a time like this when the stakes are very<br \/>\nhigh and moments very critical, a Dr Steve Oru is the least qualified man<br \/>\nto be in your Cabinent to represent Urhobo nation and Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr President Sir, it is on the above verifiable reasons and others which<br \/>\nwe may not disclose in the media that Dr Steve Oru should not be made<br \/>\nMinister from Delta; the Position of a Minister requires a bridge builder<br \/>\nand not one that will destroy existing structures&#8221;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political leaders from the Urhobo Ethnic group from Delta State has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to distance himself from Dr. Steve Oru as a Ministerial nominee from Delta State if&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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