Tag: DEputy Senate President

Senators donate December salaries to victims of Kaduna bombing

Aminu Imam

All serving senators in Nigeria have donated their December salaries, amounting to N109million, to the victims of the ‘accidental’ bombing in Tudun-Biri, Igabi local government area of the Kaduna State. Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, announced this when he led a high-power delegation of the Senate members to the State, at the Kaduna Government House yesterday. The delegation were received by the State governor, Senator Uba Sani. Senator Barau, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser Media and Publicity, Isma’il Mudashir, said the money would be…

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‘Political appointees contesting in 2023 should resign before April 11’ – Ovie Omo-Agege

Aminu Imam

Several appointees that intend to contest at the 2023 polls are yet to relinquish their present positions. The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, has called on all political appointees vying to contest at the 2023 general elections to tender their resignations before April 11. Omo-Agege made this call through his chief of staff, Otive Igbuzor, in an internal memo on March 30, titled: “Resignation of all political appointees”. “I write to draw the attention of all political appointees who are delegates to the State House of Assembly, House of Representatives,…

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2023: ‘APC’ll takeover South-South region’ – Sen. Omo-Agege boasts

Aminu Imam

…Says APC must guard against PDP mistakes The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, is confident that the All Progressive Congress (APC) will take over the six States of the South-south region in 2023.  Omo-Agege made the remarks while fielding questions from newsmen at the end of APC South-South geo-political zone’s ‘Town Hall Meeting on Constitution Review’, in Asaba, Delta State, at the weekend.  He expressed the belief that the Party would take over the governance of the region after the 2023 General Election.  His words: “The South-South region is growing…

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#EndSARS: ‘Shelve planned attack over demands’ – Omo-Agege begs N/Delta militants

Aminu Imam

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has begged members of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers to halt their planned attacks on oil facilities in the region over demands made by #EndSARS protesters. The Senator, who made the appeal on yesterday when he hosted a delegation of Oil and Gas Host Communities of Nigeria (HOSCON) in Abuja, led by elder statesman, Chief (Dr.) Wellington Okrika. During the meeting, Omo-Agege further stated that that any strike by the militants would create economic setback for the country and additional environmental…

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