…advises him to commit political suicide by pulling out of presidential race
…as UPU hails Omo-Agege for quality representation
Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has said the N400billion loans obtained by Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi are for his vice presidential ambition not for the generality of Deltans.
TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) reports the DSP made this disclosure when the Urhobo Progress Union, UPU hosted the frontline politician.
Hear him:
The Deputy Senate President and Governorship Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Senator Ovie Omo-Agege thanked the UPU for the sound welcome and promised to turn things around when he assume the position of Delta State Governor in 2023, calling on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to commit political suicide before the general elections by withdrawing from the Presidential race for been a traitor to the South.
“The Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration is amassing loans everyday. When Governor Uduaghan left office, he left N80 billion in debt obligation and people were shouting that he almost destroyed the state.
“Today, it’s about N400 billion. And these loans are used for something you can see, nobody will quarrel with that. It is not a crime to take loans. America is indebted. It is one of the biggest indebted nations in the world”.
“Some people have also alluded that ‘You are the Deputy Senate President, Buhari has been taking loans’. Yes, I can tell you what those loans are being used for.
” Those loans are tied to projects. They are tied to the completion of rail projects, Lagos-Ibadan Express Road, Abuja-Kaduna Road, Second Niger Bridge and so on. Which projects here in Delta State are these loans tied to? The only project we now know that the loans are tied to is the execution of the 2023 presidential election”.
“After eight years, the President comes to the North, the VP goes to the South. After another eight years, the President comes to the South, the VP goes to the North. It is established. Though not written in the Constitution but it has become a convention like we have power rotation here among the three senatorial zones.”
“Now, after Buhari’s eight years as President, some of us went to him to know his thoughts about where the Presidency would come from. And the President made it very clear that after his eight years, the next President must come from the South. It didn’t end there.
” All the Northern governors of APC extraction (16 out of 19 Governors) all agreed that it is the turn of the South. Before this decision was taken, our governors in Southern Nigeria convened in Asaba. These are governors of different political parties. Okowa was the host, he gave them food, drinks, they signed an agreement. He read the communique. As he was doing so, he didn’t even allow the ink to dry before he betrayed them.”
Commendation by UPU
The Urhobo apex socio-cultural umbrella body, Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, also commended the Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship Candidate, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege for being the shinning light of the Urhobo nation.
Specifically, UPU lauded the DSP for attracting projects across the nooks and crannies of Delta Central Senatorial District, even as it noted that he is eminently qualified to lead the state in 2023.
President-General, UPU Worldwide, Olorogun (Dr) Moses Taiga stated this on Tuesday when the Deputy Senate President, Omo-Agege paid a consultation visit to UPU executives in Okpare- Olomu.
In his welcome address, the UPU President General, Olorogun Moses Taiga who spoke on behalf of the Urhobo Nation, said the entire Urhobo has observed with satisfaction the quality representation of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, revealing that his is Eminently Qualified to be the next Governor of Delta State.
According to him; I wish to commend Your Excellency, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, on your enviable services to Urhobo nation and to Nigeria as a senator in the federal republic of Nigeria. I must commend you for great works and achievements for over seven years in the senate you have distinguished yourself as a worthy son of Urhobo son”.
“We thank you for attracting federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Urhobo land and also other projects in our dear urhobo nation prosperity will accord you the rightful place in history of our dear nation. We admired your eloquent and boldness in representing issues and bills in the national assembly”.
While stating that the Deputy Senate President has helped in setting the relationship between the Urhobo nation and neighbours in Delta State, south-south, and across the country through your energetic and cordial relationship with groups and communities, the UPU President General noted that the entire Urhobo people are proud of his roles in the past constitutional review exercise and impressed with efforts in the Nigeria electoral Act 2022 that has brought new hope in the country electoral processes and also thanking him for powering urhobo nation with Streetlights, new transformers and other major projects.
