Kelvin Osa Okunbor
AS the election of the Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) draws near, the Ahwotu of Urhoboland and Proprietor of Westminster College, Lagos, Chief Johnson Barovbe, has throawn his weight behind incumbent President General Olorogun Moses Taiga.
Chief Barovbe, in a statement, said Taiga remained the best candidate for the position of the UPU president-general.
“I supported him during the first election that brought him to power and I am supporting him again. Olorogun Taiga has performed to my expectation. He has fulfilled most of his electoral promises. Under his leadership, the Urhobo Cultural Centre, Uvwiamughe, which used to be an eye-sore, is now a beautiful edifice. The micro-finance bank and the Mukoro Mowoe University projects, which he promised, are on-going. More progress will be made during his second term,” Barovbe added.
He hailed Taiga for resolving the intractable disunity among Urhobo in the United Kingdom.
“Taiga has also brought respectability to the Office of the UPU President-General. Did you hear that any politician brought money and bought the UPU over during the last election?” Barovbe asked.
He advised those interested in UPU positions to buy nomination forms and contest instead of engaging in campaigns of calumny.
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