From Paul Osuyi, Asaba
The governorship candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in Delta State, Sunny Ofehe has said he would encourage Nigerians to seek greener pastures if the country’s economy continued on its downward slide.
He said the Nigerian system was inhibiting the potentials of it’s citizens, adding that those who have legitimate opportunity to leave the country should not be discouraged.
Ofehe, a Netherlands based environmental activist spoke in Asaba while unveiling his manifesto for the 2023 governorship election.
Flanked by his running mate, Mrs. Eloho Chalele Edafe and other party leaders, Ofehe said he was able to build his own capacity and confidence because he left Nigeria in 1995 to The Netherlands where he has been to build enduring relationships.
“I am an advocate of brain drain as far as this country remains like this. Here, the system fights back against you. In Europe, the system takes much of the responsibility out of you that you now sleep and snore better.
“So I encourage brain drain. If you have any opportunity, legitimately, to leave, please go, for as long as this country remain the way it is,” he said.
Ofehe however said if elected, there will be a paradigm shift in Delta State, vowing to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the $26 billion annually.
“No governorship candidate has the capacity to attract FDI like me. In one year, I will attract $26 billion FDI to Delta State.
“Deltans are going to wake to a new paradigm shift where we will take the resources that we have, harnessed it, go to the global level and compete with the world, take from them what we need so that we can be on the same pedestal.
“We need a leader that can relate with both sides. Half of my age brought me to where I am today, half of my age made me see the other side of the world.
“So I am best equip to say we do not need to travel and stay there, we can create an enabling environment for you,” he added.
Ofehe said his administration will placed one million vulnerable Deltans on social benefit scheme of N10,000 each every month.
