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  • Okowa, Omo-Agege, Okonjo-Iweala, Elumelu, other prominent Deltans bag national honours

    Okowa, Omo-Agege, Okonjo-Iweala, Elumelu, other prominent Deltans bag national honours

     

    Delta Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, were among illustrious Deltans honoured at the National Honours Award Investiture for 2022.

    Those honoured are Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III; Dein of Agbor, Dr Benjamin Ikenchukwu, Kiagborekuzi I; Ovie of Agbon Kingdom, Ogurimerime Ukori I; Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor; Chairman, Zenith Bank, Mr Jim Ovia and Chairman, UBA, Mr Tony Elumelu.

    Others are Chairman, ThisDay and Arise Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena; Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu; Chairman, RainOil, Mr Gabriel Ogbechie and Kenneth Gbagi.

    They also include Professor Itse Sagay, Julius Dediare Rone, AVM Charles Owho, Professor Emmanuel Nwanze, Elton Edorhe, Deputy Managing Director, Access Bank Plc, Mr Victor Etuokwu and Mr Dike Chigbue.

    The ceremony which held on Tuesday at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in attendance.

    In his remarks shortly after the ceremony, Governor Okowa said that the Award was for Nigerians who had contributed to nation-building and I thanked God that he met the criteria to receive the award.

    He expressed gratitude to President Buhari and the National Honours Awards Committee for the investiture and congratulated other Deltans and Nigerians on their well-deserved honours.

    Okowa pledged to continue his contribution to nation-building to make Nigeria to realise its full potential.

    “I thank President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Honours Awards Committee for my investiture as a Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), in recognition of my contributions to the development of the nation.

    “I congratulate all Nigerians and distinguished Deltans who were also honoured with the various categories of National Awards.

    “This award makes me to realise that I have contributed my bit and I hope it will spur me to think more about the growth and development of this country.

    “I hope that together in commitment to this nation we will all continue to work with our people across Nigeria to find the growth path that can take us to Nigeria of our dream.

    “I must say that I am humbled by this recognition and pledge to continue to play my role to make Nigeria a better nation that lives up to its full potential,” he stated.

    Okowa also affirmed that the award would spur him to do more for Delta in the years ahead, adding that the “award is a call to duty for me and I thank God that i have the opportunity of being the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.

    “We are working very hard and we expect that Nigerians will be in a position to truly realise that the PDP team is the best team at this very critical time in the development of our nation.

    “By the grace of God, upon victory in 2023, I will work with the President, Atiku Abubakar and other stakeholders of this nation to find solutions to the current challenges that we have in our nation.

    “There is no doubt that the challenges are truly numerous and frightening in terms of disunity, insecurity and economic downturn which is affecting human capital development.

    “I believe that when God, through the elections helps us come to power that we will work with all sections of this country to begin to restore hope and to rebuild the cracked foundations of this country,” he stated.

    On her part, Director-General of World Trade Organisation Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said no award could be more gratifying than the one from one’s country and lauded President Buhari for the honour.

    She said the honour was a call to do more in her endeavours and expressed satisfaction with Governor Okowa’s human capital and infrastructural transformation in Delta in the last seven years.

    She urged him to do more in the remaining months of his administration.

    Responding on behalf of the award recipients, President of the Senate, Dr Ahmed Lawan, pledged their readiness to work with the President in surmounting the nation’s challenges in the remaining period in his tenure.

    He described the recipients of the awards as patriotic Nigerians that had impacted positively on the nation in all sectors.

    A total of 447 Nigerians were invested with award in various categories by the Federal Government.

  • Buhari confers National Honours on Omo-Agege

    Buhari confers National Honours on Omo-Agege

     

    For his immense contribution to lawmaking, oversight and representation, President Muhammadu Buhari has awarded the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on the Deputy President of the Senate and Delta APC Gubernatorial Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege.

    According to the letter conveying the national award to Senator Omo-Agege, the President approved the honour to him in the exercise of his power as enshrined in the National Honours Act No 5 of 1964.

    The conferment notice was signed by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Sen. George Akume.

    The CFR award, according to the letter, will be formally conferred on Omo-Agege at a ceremony scheduled for Tuesday, October 11, 2022, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.

    The letter reads in part, “I have the honour to formally inform you that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the conferment of the National Honours on you, in the rank of CFR (Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic)”.

     

    Senator Omo-Agege has to his credit over 30 bills including the Federal Polytechnic Orogun, Delta State (Establishment) Bill which has since been signed into law by President Buhari. Others are the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, Sexual Harassment Bill, Dormant Account Funds Management Bill, National Industrial Court Act (Amendment) Bill, Court of Appeal Act (Amendment) Bill, National Social Security Commission Bill, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Act 2020 (Amendment) Bill, National Electoral Offences Commission Bill, 2019 (co-sponsored with Senators Abubakar Kyari and Kabiru Gaya) several constitution alteration bills, among others.

    The federal lawmaker has also attracted numerous projects to his senatorial district. These include the establishment of Nigeria Defence Space School; Nigerian Law School Campus; establishment and construction of Oil and Gas Industrial Park, Sanubi (with an independent power plant to power Orogun, Eku, Abraka etc. with 24/7 uninterrupted power supply); construction of NDPHC/NIPPS Injection Substation and a host of others.

    In the same token, the federal legislator has influenced projects beyond his constituency namely: the construction of classrooms, hostels, e- Library and Administrative Block at Saint George’s Obinomba, Ukwani Local Government Area, construction of Asaba-Ugbolu-Illah-Ebu Road; installation of solar powered street lights in Agbor, Utagba-Uno, Abbi, Onicha Olona, all in Delta North Senatorial District as well as installation of solar powered street lights in Koko, Oporoza Town, Okerenkoko, Oleh in Delta South Senatorial District.

     

    He also facilitated the provision of furniture for primary and secondary schools in Isoko North and South Local Government Areas; construction and renovation of Nana Palace and Museum, Koko, Warri North Local Government Area among others.

  • 2023: Step down now, Omo-Agege tells Atiku, Okowa

    2023: Step down now, Omo-Agege tells Atiku, Okowa

     

    As the Presidential campaigns officially kick off, the Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Gubernatorial Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has called on the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to step down.

    Senator Omo-Agege hinged his call on the need for equity, instistng that by contesting the polls when a northerner is about completing his eight years in office, the PDP presidential candidate has shown that he lacks the locus to preach equity, fairness, justice and integrity.

    Omo-Agege who is also the Delta State Coordinator, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council argued that Governor Okowa has by his action of becoming a Vice Presidential Candidate of PDP, betrayed the trust reposed on him by his colleagues and the entire South.

    “During the week, at the Second Reading and Debate on General Principles on a bill seeking to legalise power rotation across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, I had urged my colleagues in PDP to persuade their Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to step down and rotate the presidential ticket to the South.

    “The domino effect of that would also be the resignation of Atiku’s running mate and Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa and ceding the vice presidential ticket to the North.

    “Like I pointed out on the floor of the Senate during my contribution, if PDP senators were serious, they would have first pleaded with their presidential candidate to step down from the race for power to return to Southern Nigeria. By May next year, the North would have ruled for eight years of two terms and it is only fair that power comes back to the South,” he said.

    The Delta Central lawmaker noted that notable bodies like the Southern Governors Forum, their northern counterparts, social cultural organisations such as Afenifere; Middle Belt Forum, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) and Ohaneze Ndigbo have all harped on the need for Southern Presidency.

    He recalled his meeting with elder statesman and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark in July this year, when the Niger Delta leader faulted the PDP for not zoning its presidential ticket to the South.

    “Irrespective of political differences, 17 Governors in the South met in Asaba, the capital of Delta State on May 11, 2021, and took far-reaching decisions, including that, based on the principles of fairness, equity and justice, the Presidency should rotate to the South, at the end of the statutory eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure.

    “Governor Okowa was the host of that historic meeting. The Southern Governors later met in Lagos, on July 5, where they reaffirmed their decision, and again in Enugu, on September 16, to restate the call that the Presidency should rotate to the South in 2023.

    “What Nigerians can deduce from PDP jettisoning zoning and giving its ticket to Atiku is that the campaign messages of the party should be taken with a pinch of salt. ‘Trust,’ they say, ‘is like an antique, once it’s broken, it can never be replaced’. The PDP Presidential candidate and his running mate have broken the trust of Nigerians. The honourable thing to do is for the duo to honourably resign and right the wrong.

    “It, therefore, didn’t come to us as a surprise that five PDP governors boycotted the inauguration of PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja to register their grieviances over the injustice meted to the Southern States of Nigeria,” Omo-Agege stated.

  • You’re a source of inspiration to many Nigerians-Omo-Agege tells Olu of Warri

    You’re a source of inspiration to many Nigerians-Omo-Agege tells Olu of Warri

     

    The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described the Olu of Warri Kingdom, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III as an inspiration to many.

    In a statement, Senator Omo-Agege lauded the royal father for his role in promoting national unity and enriching the cultural values of Nigeria.

    He noted that as custodians of traditions, values and customs, traditional leaders have what it takes to galvanize all Nigerians towards peace, stability and progress of the country.

    The Delta Central lawmaker therefore urged traditional rulers to use their influential status to promote good governance and strengthen the unity of the nation.

    He said the revered monarch who has always dignified the cultural values of the Itsekiri people with great passion.

     

    “I humbly join our good people to thank God Almighty for graciously keeping you in good health and sound mind to celebrate your First Coronation Anniversary as the youngest Olu of Warri Kingdom to lead the itsekiri Ethnic Nation in over 500 years.

    “Our people deeply cherish Your Majesty’s distinct place of honour as the symbol of the pristine cultural heritage and values of our Itsekiri people. Your special regard for the value of positive human relationships and clear vision of a modern, well-governed and organized society that is driven by the power of godly living, innovation and constructive, mutually respectful and excellent engagements across boundaries endear you to the people in unique ways”, he said.

    Omo-Agege was accompanied to the occasion by his running mate, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi; Delta APC Chairman, Elder Omeni Sobotie and other chieftains of the party.

    The thanksgiving service which held at Foursquare Gospel Church, located in the Olu’s Palace in Warri South Local Government Area, was graced by the Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa; former governor, Chief James Ibori; Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori; lawmaker representing Delta South Senatorial District, Sen. James Manager amongst others.

    In his sermon, former President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, harped on the need for all to thank God at all times.

    Giving his sermon from the books of Psalms 100:4, Philippians 4:6, 2nd Corinthians 4:15, 2nd Thessalonians 3:7-12, the Guest Speaker urged Nigerians to appreciate God no matter the difficult situation they faced.

    The cleric urged youths in the country to imbibe the culture of hard work and dedication to service, even as he called on governments at all levels to empower youths to secure the future of the country.

    He said: “Without thanksgiving, you have no access to God. Thanksgiving opens the gate. It brings you into the presence of God. If you are not grateful, you may become a ‘great fool’ “.

    Ima Niboro,

    Director, Communications and Media Strategy,
    Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation.

    21st August, 2022.

  • 2023: Movers and shakers of Delta APC endorse Dafinone

    2023: Movers and shakers of Delta APC endorse Dafinone

     

    Movers and shakers of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Delta State, Olorogun Dr. Wilson Omene and Olorogun Engr Abraham Bobor have said that the people of Mosogar Kingdom will rally round and support APC Delta Central senatorial candidate, Okakuro Ede Dafinone because he represents light.

    The two prominent APC leaders who stated this when members of the Ede Dafinone Campaign Organization (EDCO) paid a consultation visit to party leaders at Mosogar and Jesse, said that Mosogar has been in total darkness in the past 9 years even with their support to the PDP-led State Government in the past 20 years.

    Olorogun Dr Wilson Omene, a former Chairman of Ethiope West local government area in his remarks at the visit disclosed that Mosogar has been without light in the past 9 years even with one of their sons as a prominent figure in the PDP-led state government.

    According to him, “the PDP and its government in Delta State has shown crass incompetence, this is the 9th year, Mosogar has no light, and we have someone in government. How do you give such a person powers to go to the Senate.”

    “The Delta Central senatorial election will be won overwhelmingly by you (Dafinoe), your father was one of the pillars that stabilized the Okpe Kingdom. We are going to get 100percent in Okpe kingdom, so Sapele, Okpe constituency is already secured. In Ughelli North and South you hardly hear of PDP there, so you are the candidate to beat,” Omene added.

    Speaking also, Olorogun Engr Abraham Bobor the Unoho of Mosogar Kingdom and the former Commissioner for Housing said that the Deputy President of the Senate, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege has shown that there’s sincerity in government, hence they are supporting another man with integrity.

    According to him, “DSP Omo-Agege has impacted positively on the Urhobo nation in the past 7 years, so we are not ready to lower the bar. When you came in I saw light in you, Mosogar needs light and we believe that with you and Omo-Agege our 9 years of darkness will be a thing of the past.

     

    “When you get to the Senate, I want you to follow the steps of your father, he made the Urhobo Nation very proud. Some senator has gone but they brought darkness to Mosogar.

    Okakuro Ede Dafinone also had a meeting with Hon Halims Agoda and APC leaders in Jesse, where he charged party members who are yet to get their PVCs to ensure they do so, noting one vote is very important in the coming elections in 2023.

    At Jesse, the EDCO met with APC leaders, ward chairmen and members of Ede Dafinone Solidarity Movement, which includes Hon Agoda Hallims, Woman leader, Evangelist Anna Agoda, Chief Jordan Omogaga, Hon Samuel Obiebi, Hon Omonode Blessing Ochuko, Comrade Tivire Idjamima and Comrade Efeture Ejairo.

    Meanwhile, Dafinone was also at Oghara to represent the DSP Senator Ovie Omo-Agege at All Nation Institute of Marine and Technology’s first Matriculation ceremony where he applauded the proprietor of the institute for setting up a such great centre of learning in Delta Central.

    Speaking on behalf of DSP Omo-Agege, he said; “Our DSP Omo-Agege loves education, hence he ensured that the law establishing FUPR was passed and assented to and also attracted Federal Polytechnic to Orogun.

    “I bring greetings from our DSP Omo Agege, an educational institution like this is a plus for the development of our people. I am very impressed with the facility I saw today, I want to wish those matriculating today happy matriculation,” he stated.

  • I’ve found Omo-Agege very supportive and reliable – Lawan

    I’ve found Omo-Agege very supportive and reliable – Lawan

    The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan has felicitated the Deputy President of the Senate, Sen.Ovie Omo-Agege on his 59th birthday coming up on Wednesday, Aug. 3.

    This is contained in a message personally signed by Lawan on Tuesday in Abuja.

    “I heartily congratulate my brother and friend, the Deputy Senate President, Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on the occasion of his 59th birthday.

    “I join members of his family, friends and political associates in felicitating the Obarisi of Urhobo land on this joyous occasion.

    “Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has been a great partner in the leadership of the 9th Senate.

    “He has invested his intelligence, experience and energy in promoting amity and productivity in the red chamber,” he said.

    Lawan added: “As the Senate President, I have found Omo-Agege very supportive and reliable.

    “The stability that we experience in the Senate today has been made possible by the cooperation of all our colleagues, with Omo-Agege taking the lead.

    “I wish my brother and the Delta APC governorship candidate a happy birthday and continued stability in the 9th Senate and success at the 2023 poll,” he said.

  • 2023: Omo-Agege appoints Orubebe APC guber campaign DG

    2023: Omo-Agege appoints Orubebe APC guber campaign DG

     

    The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship Candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has announced former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, as Director-General of the Delta All Progressives Congress,APC, Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation.

    In a statement, Omo-Agege said Orubebe is bringing on board a towering wealth of experience, and shall oversee all ramifications of the campaign for the mandate of Deltans in the 2023 governorship elections.

    “Orubebe shall, side by side with me, lead critical engagements and drive consultations, and by his renowned robustness, up the ante for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Together with the rest of the team, we shall show PDP the way out of Government House come May 29, 2023,” he said.

    The selection of the Ijaw-born politician, he noted, was very straightforward given his knowledge, capacity and pedigree. “Bringing him on board strengthens the campaign organisation straightaway, and builds a strategic redoubt of crucial stakeholders at the grassroots for the contest ahead. “

    According to him, “when news of Elder Godsday Orubebe’s resignation from the PDP filtered in, June, our campaign organisation applauded him for toeing the path of progress and enjoined him to pitch tent with progressives in the APC, and help in the task of taking over Government House come 2023.

    ‘I am proud to announce that he heeded that call and joined our party, the APC, in his ward at Burutu Local Government Area”.

    “He will be bringing to our campaign organisation his vast reach at the grassroots, as well as at the state and federal levels, having been a supervisory councillor and chairman of local government, a state party chairman, and a two time minister of the federal republic, ” Omo-Agege said.

    Orubebe was born June 6th 1959 at Ogbobagbene in Burutu Local Government Area in Delta state. He attended the University of Lagos, where he earned a B.Sc. in Political Science in 1985. He later attended Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, where he obtained a master’s degree in International Relations.

    Orubebe was supervisory councilor and later chairman of Burutu LGA. In July 2007, President Umaru Musa Yar’adua appointed him Minister of Special Duties. He was later to become Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs when the ministry was created in December 2008.

    When he eventually became full fledged minister of that ministry, one of his key achievements was to drive the construction of the East/West Highway in a rapid fast track.
    Under his watch, the ministry constructed 38 out of 42 bridges, and over 900 culverts of the 1000 designed for the road.

    Orubebe was also at the forefront of negotiating peace with Niger Delta militant groups which had brought crude oil production in Nigeria down to less than 400,000 barrels a day from over 2.5 million barrels, in protest of perceived social, economic and environmental injustice in the region.

    Working with then Vice President, and later President Goodluck Jonathan, he shares the credit of instituting the Niger Delta Amnesty Programme, which successfully won the hearts and minds of most Niger Deltans and brought peace to the region.

    Orubebe resigned from office in February 2014 to contest for the governorship of Delta State in the build up to the 2015 general elections.

    Ima Niboro,

    Director, Communications and Media Strategy
    Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation.

    13th July, 2022

  • Shettima is a detribalised Nigerian, major boost to APC Presidential Ticket, says Omo-Agege

    Shettima is a detribalised Nigerian, major boost to APC Presidential Ticket, says Omo-Agege

    The Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has felicitated with Senator Kashim Shettima on his emergence as Vice Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 General Elections.

    In a congratulatory message personally signed by him, Senator Omo-Agege described the APC Vice Presidential candidate as detribalized and visionary, and a major plus for the APC Presidential ticket.

    He recalled how the former Borno State Governor and lawmaker representing Borno Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, played a key role in his own emergence as Deputy Senate President in 2019.

    “He was and continues to be a major player, not only in the National Assembly but in our nation at large. He is a large hearted and forward looking leader, inclusive in perspective and shorn of all bigotry. Our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, couldn’t have made a better choice.

    It is no surprise, Omo-Agege added, “that the Borno State Chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has immediately risen to support Shettima’s selection as Tinubu’s running mate.”

    He noted that the APC Vice Presidential candidate is hospitable to other faiths and ethnic groups, and that this was evident during his tenure as Governor of Borno State from 2011 to 2019.

    “As governor of a dominantly Kanuri state, he had amongst his closest aides, an Ibo Christian from Anambra State, an Urhobo Christian from Delta Central Senatorial District, a Christian from Edo State, a Yoruba Christian from the Southwest, a Fulani man from Gombe and a Hausa man from Zamfara,” he said.

    He said that the Vice Presidential candidate is a forthright, vocal and outspoken politician who speaks truth to power.

    “Senator Shettima is a dogged professional, a rare breed banker, an agricultural economist and politician who is an inspiration to a new generation of leaders.

    “His rich profile in Executive and Legislative business, public and corporate governance will always be useful in steering the ship of state. I call on Nigerians to rally round the Tinubu/Shettima ticket and vote massively for APC in all positions at the 2023 General Elections. “

  • Senate amends electoral acts to permit President, governors, lawmakers to vote at party primaries

    Senate amends electoral acts to permit President, governors, lawmakers to vote at party primaries

    The Nigerian Senate, has amended the Electoral Act 2022, to make way for few changes. TheNewsGuru.com can authoritatively confirm

    The amended Electoral Act 2022 now allows ‘statutory delegates’, elected persons to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties in the country.

    The bill scaled first, second and third readings, respectively, and was passed by the Red chamber after thorough consideration by the Committee of the Whole.

    The President, Vice President, Members of the National Assembly, Governors and their deputies, Members of the State Houses of Assembly, Chairmen of Councils, Councillors, and National Working Committee of political parties, have all been identified as Statutory delegates.

    The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central) sponsored the bill to give room for the amendments

    Omo-Agege, in his presentation, said the bill seeks to amend the provision of section 84(8) of the Electoral Act.

    According to him, the provisions of the section “does not provide for the participation of what is generally known as ‘statutory delegates’ in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties.”

    “The extant section only clearly provides for the participation of elected delegates in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties held to nominate candidates of political parties.

    “This is an unintended error, and we can only correct it with this amendment now before us”, the Deputy Senate President said.

    Speaking after the bill to amend the 2022 Electoral Act was passed, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, in his remarks, said that the amendment became imperative in view of the deficiency created by the provision of Section 84(8) of the extant Act.

    He said, “The amended Electoral Act of 2022 that we passed this year, has a deficiency that was never intended and that deficiency will deny all statutory delegates in all political parties from participation in congresses and conventions.

    “And, therefore, such a major and unintended clause has to be amended before the party primaries start in the next eight days. This is emergency legislation, so to speak.

    “Our expectation is that the National Assembly – the two chambers – would finish with the processing of the amendment of this bill between today (in the Senate) and tomorrow (in the House of Representatives), and then the Executive will do the assent.

    “That is so important to enable every statutory delegate to participate in the party primaries right from the beginning that will start on the 18th of May, 2022.

    “So, this is an emergency effort to ensure that nobody is denied his or her rightful opportunity as a delegate, especially the statutory delegates, and these are those who are elected.

    “These are the President, Vice President, Members of the National Assembly, Governors, Members of the State Houses of Assembly, Chairmen of Council and their Councillors, National Working Committee Members of all the political parties and so on.

    “This is a fundamental effort to ensure that we address this within the week, so that by next week, the Electoral Act, 2022 (amended version), will be very salutary for us to start our party primaries.”

  • Omo-Agege picks Niboro as Director, Communications and Media Strategy, for Campaign Organisation

    Omo-Agege picks Niboro as Director, Communications and Media Strategy, for Campaign Organisation

    Deputy Senate President and frontline contender for the governorship of Delta State, Ovie Omo-Agege, has appointed former presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro, to lead the Communications and Media Strategy initiative for his campaign organisation.

    In a release he personally signed today, he said that the choice of the award winning journalist and former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, signals his unshakable commitment to bring on board only the best and brightest to the unfolding campaign organisation.

    Obarisi Omo-Agege noted that the quest to liberate Delta State from the vice grip of those who do not wish her well is urgent and overwhelming. Thus, “we will bring in our best brains, we will put all willing hands on deck, we will lead from the front, and we will win.”

    The leading gubernatorial contender congratulated Niboro on his appointment, stating “I have confidence in your capacity, knowledge and experience. Yours is the very first appointment I am making, and it is a signal to the state and country at large that we mean business here.”

    Niboro, a Fellow of the Nigerian Guild of Editors, was Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, to former President Goodluck Jonathan and was later appointed Managing Director, News Agency of Nigeria in 2014.
    Before then, he was Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, (Office of the Vice President).

    Niboro holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies from Lagos State University, a post graduate diploma in Journalism from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, and a first degree in English Studies from the University of Port Harcourt.

    He is married with children.