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Omo Agege:The Dawn For The Dream Of A New Delta

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Senator Ovie Omo Agege

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"1a033bMu" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Bala Ibrahim&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"AUfi0yYI" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>I have been to every state of Nigeria but Delta&comma; so when the chance came to visit Warri yesterday&comma; my heart was not only filled with the feeling of eagerness to see the place&comma; but the enthusiasm of what to see in the place&period; In sooth&comma; Warri turned out to be cool&comma; calm and full of fun&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>My initial worry was security&comma; but the guide said to me&comma; all the security challenges that are found in places like Port Harcourt and Lagos are available here&comma; but with a difference&period; If you mind your business&comma; remain humble enough to ask questions on the things you don’t understand&comma; and move smartly&comma; you are good to go in Warri&period; I took the advise out and out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>My mission in Warri was to witness the formal declaration of the Deputy Senate President&comma; His Excellency&comma; Chief Ovie Omo Agege&comma; as he unveils his plan to contest for the governorship of Delta state&comma; come 2023&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"FwUi9yFW" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;04&sol;13&sol;the-obligatory-onus-of-ousting-osinbajo&sol;">The Obligatory Onus Of Ousting Osinbajo<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Wow&excl; I didn’t know Warri is such a multi-ethnic city&comma; that showcases different tribes beyond the native Urhobo&comma; Itsekiri and Ijaw&comma; until now&period; The Sen&period;Omo Agege declaration attracted several other ethnic nationalities from across Nigeria&comma; such as the Igbo&comma; Hausa and Yoruba&comma; who came out in numbers to show support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the count of the crowd counts in democracy&comma; then H&period;E&period;Omo Agege has won the election even before the votes are cast&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The atmosphere at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources&comma; Effurun was of both jamboree and fiesta&comma; with delightful and captivating displays of lavish celebrations&comma; in solidarity with the ambition of the cherished Senator&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The venue was a sea of people that turned into an uncontrollable crowd&comma; where the police had to use blank shots in the air&comma; to allow the chief host gain access to the podium&comma; and the stage turned into thunderous shouts of Agege&excl;&comma; Agege&excl;&excl;&comma; Agege&excl;&excl;&excl; &comma; as he approached the microphone&period; Yes&comma; in Delta&comma; Omo Agege is undoubtedly an enigma&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In outlining the basis that gave justification for his aspiration for the governorship of the state&comma; Senator Omo Agege&comma; who couldnt read his prepared speech because of time&comma; and in order to ease the pains of supporters who waited for upwards of 10 hours to see him&comma; only summarized it&period; I had a preview&comma; and I quote a segment&comma; thus&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have delivered on all the promises I made to you in 2015 and 2019&period; Today&comma; every community has solar powered electricity&period; Also&comma; courtesy of the support of President Muhammadu Buhari&comma; we have given focus to our people’s infrastructural needs&comma; and the endless list of gains in this regard include some to be delivered before the end of our mandate in 2023&period; Some are –<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;i&rpar; the Act establishing this great institution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;ii&rpar; the Federal Polytechnic Orogun&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;iii&rpar; numerous infrastructure projects&comma; including many outside Delta Central&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; mass provision of solar street lighting in all towns and villages in Delta Central&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; mass installation of new electricity transformers and replacement of obsolete ones across our State&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; mass renovation and furnishing of schools across our State&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; construction of water schemes across our State&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; additional federal funding for the construction of Amukpe-Eku-Abraka-Agbor road&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; rehabilitation of Asaba&sol;Ugbolu&sol;Illah road in Delta North&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; renovation&comma; rehabilitation and furnishing of the Nanna Living Museum&comma; with accommodation and furnishing of offices for the Curator and Staff in Koko&comma; Delta South&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Construction of an E-Library and an Administrative Block&comma; a one-floor Storey Building of 12 Classrooms&comma; a 100 Bed-Space Male Hostel with Lavatories&comma; a 100 Bed-Space Female Hostel with Lavatories and the Renovation of an existing Dinning Hall&sol;Refectory – all in St&period; George’s College&comma; Obinomba&comma; Ukwuani&comma; Delta North&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; provision of solar street lighting for Koko in Warri North and Isoko South LGAs&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; provision of solar street lighting in Ika LGA&comma; Abbi and Utagbe-Uno in Delta North Senatorial District&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; provision of solar street lighting in Koko&comma; Warri North and Isoko South LGAs in Delta South&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8211&semi; Construction of the Palace of the Obi of Onitsha-Olona in Aniocha North LGA&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&lpar;iv&rpar; a Federal University of Agriculture and Technology sited in Aboh in Ndokwa East LGA is also on the way&semi;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&lpar;v&rpar; a Campus of the Nigerian Law School is also coming to Delta State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As he spoke&comma; it was ovation all the way from the audience&comma; which sustained the show of appreciation for the choice of a true representative&comma; that has evidently kept his covenant with them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The strategy of DSP Omo Agege’s plan as a governor is designed to achieve its goal under an agenda that is abbreviated as EDGE&comma; or Employment and Empowerment&comma; Development&comma; Good Governance and Enduring Security&period; The agenda he said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;is a paradigm shift to reform our public service&comma; cut the cost of governance&comma; eliminate waste&comma; and deny corruption and other crimes comfort and safety in our governance architecture”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is on that premise that he added&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Fellow Deltans&comma; I testify with humility that my life has been greatly blessed by God&comma; by whose grace I stand with the kindness of many&period; Though blessed with the love of great parents and families&comma; I have also lived a hard&comma; rustic life of a village fisher boy&period; I have dared to dream and successfully experienced the world in many noble pursuits&period; Standing before you today to confidently seek the Office of the Governor of our State speaks to God’s immeasurable faithfulness upon this proudly Orhomuru&comma; Orogun man&period;”-<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Indeed nothing demonstrates the crowd catching capacity&comma; and illustrates the correctness of the threat made by DSP Omo-Agege sometime back&comma; that come 2023&comma; APC would dislodge PDP in the governorship election than today’s show of strength&period; At that time he said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Whether PDP likes it or not&comma; APC will still win the presidency come 2023”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In emphasizing that his gubernatorial aspiration would usher in the dawn for the dream of a new Delta&comma; the DSP said&semi; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have always believed that a people’s future ought always to be better than their past and it is the solemn duty of the people to create that better future&period; This belief has fundamentally shaped my public service decisions and journey&period; And it is why I humbly seek the Office of the Governor of our beloved Delta State&period; It is all about true service”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DSP Omo Agege is a tested and trusted politician that started politics as an executive assistant to Governor James Ibori&comma; after an aborted attempt to be member of the House of Representatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was later appointed commissioner for special duties by the governor&period; He was again appointed as the Secretary to State Government in 2007&period; He contested and was elected as Senator in 2015&comma; under the platform of the Labour Party&period; He defected to the APC and was re-elected senator in 2019&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On 11 June 2019&comma; he emerged as the Deputy Senate President of the 9th National Assembly&comma; after beating Senator Ike Ekweremadu&period; The South-South caucus of the APC&comma; on Thursday 28 November 2019&comma; chose the Deputy Senate President&comma; Senator Ovie Omo-Agege&comma; as the leader of the party in the south south region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98&period;1 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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