- by the Technical Committee on Anioma State Creation
History is often unkind to long struggles. It remembers the victory but forgets the decades of labour, persuasion, negotiation and resilience that precede it. The quest for Anioma State has traversed generations, weathered political transitions, and survived moments of doubt. Yet, at no point in its history has the aspiration stood as close to constitutional realisation as it does today.
That proximity is neither accidental nor ornamental. It is the product of deliberate legislative engagement, strategic advocacy, and sustained political will.
It is against this backdrop that the Technical Committee on Anioma State Creation unequivocally endorses SENATOR NED MUNIR NWOKO for a second term as Senator representing Delta North Senatorial District in the 2027 general election.
This endorsement is not a ceremonial gesture. It is a reasoned position.
For decades, Anioma leaders articulated the justice, viability and constitutional logic of state creation. Many advocated passionately, few institutionalised the process at the highest legislative level with the precision and consistency required to advance it through the rigorous constitutional amendment pathway. Senator Ned Nwoko has done so. That singular achievement marks a watershed in the history of the Anioma cause.
Beyond state creation, Senator Nwoko’s legislative footprint reveals a lawmaker operating with national breadth and constituency depth. His interventions span constitutional reform, fiscal federalism, youth empowerment, healthcare access, security restructuring, diaspora inclusion, agricultural modernisation, mining reform, social security architecture and public sector accountability.
In Delta North, his representation has not been confined to the chamber. It has translated into measurable infrastructural, agricultural, educational and healthcare interventions across the nine local government areas. From water supply schemes and irrigation systems to rural roads, school renovations, medical outreaches, empowerment programmes, solar electrification initiatives and agricultural mechanisation support.
Leadership, however, is not assessed merely by project enumeration. It is measured by clarity of direction and the courage to confront structural inequities. Senator Nwoko has demonstrated both.
The Anioma project, in particular, requires continuity. Constitutional alteration is a process demanding persistence, negotiation, cross-regional consensus building and institutional memory. Discontinuity at this critical juncture would not merely delay progress, it could reset years of painstaking advancement. The cause has reached a delicate and decisive phase. It requires a legislator already immersed in its procedural and political intricacies.
Our endorsement, therefore, is anchored on three imperatives: continuity of the Anioma State creation process, consolidation of developmental interventions across Delta North, and sustained legislative activism on issues of national restructuring and socio-economic reform.
Senator Ned Munir Nwoko has demonstrated the intellectual preparation, political stamina and legislative audacity required for the task ahead. The Senate, like any serious institution, rewards experience tempered by conviction. Delta North cannot afford regression at a moment demanding acceleration.
The Technical Committee on Anioma State Creation is persuaded that the journey toward the realisation of Anioma State, and the broader advancement of Delta North’s interests within the Nigerian federation, is best served by continuity of representation.
We therefore call upon the good people of Delta North Senatorial District, stakeholders across Anioma land, and all who believe in structural justice and developmental progress, to lend their support to Senator Ned Munir Nwoko’s second term bid in 2027.
The moment is strategic. The mandate must be sustained.
SIGNED:
OGBUESHI GODFREY ODOGWU
DIRECTOR-GENERAL
