Tag: Omo-Agege

Alleged Corruption: 13% derivation being looted away in Delta, Omo-Agege alleges

Aminu Imam

The All Progressives Congress (APC) 2023 governorship candidate in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has alleged that 13 percent derivation to the oil-rich state is being frittered away in the State.   Omo-Agege, currently Deputy Senate President, who some years ago cut his political teeth under the State’s former governor, James Ibori, stated this in an issued statement by the Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Gubernatorial Campaign, Ima Niboro, congratulating the ex-governor on his 64th birthday.  He said: “His (Ibori) agitation with other great Niger Delta leaders and patriots…

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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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Constitution Review: We’re going to hit the ground running after Sallah, says Senator Omo-Agege

Ishaku Yohanna

The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has said that work on altering the Constitution would commence after the Sallah break. Omo-Agege, who chairs the Senate Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution, disclosed this when two groups – Women Education Advocacy and Development Initiative (WEADI) and League of Women Voters of Nigeria (NILOWV) – paid him courtesy visits in Abuja. He stated that rights of women and the girl-child would be protected in the exercise. He added that his committee would take into account experiences from other African countries. “Immediately…

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