Dr Mrs. Sule Congratulates Osun State Governor Elect, Adeleke on election victory

Dr Mrs. Sule Congratulates Osun State Governor Elect, Adeleke on election victory 

Akpobome Irikefe

The Founder/CEO Bemy's Foundation, Hon. Chief Dr. Mrs Mercy Eguiraise Sule, has  felicitated and Congratulated with distinguished Senator Ademola Adeleke a.k.a the Dancing Senator, who is a proud uncle to the popular Nigeria super star, Davido for his well deserved and landslide Victory at the polls in the just recently concluded Governorship  Elections in Osun State. 

(Hon).Chief Dr. Mrs Mercy Eguriase Sule, in her Congratulatory message released on Monday, Describe Senator Ademola Adeleke as a humble, kind hearted Leader, whose life style has affected many lives positively in the society and show true picture of a true leader and an agents of positive change. She noted that Senator Adeleke is such a friendly leader with a heart of Gold, and indeed an amiable public figure thoughful, superior, heroic, illustrious and eminent personality with a Class who has been promoting the image of PDP at the National, State and Grassroots level.

On behalf of my Family, Political Associates, Friends and well wishers, I join the good people of of Osun State to congratulate you sir.

Congratulations to PDP,

Osun State belongs to PDP, the statement added.

 

Signed:

Hon.(Chief) Dr. Mrs Mercy EGURIASE Sule, National Coordinator, Sheriff Pride of Deltans Campaign Organization Worldwide.

Urhobo Monarchs Laud Omo-Agege For Attracting Projects to All Areas in Delta Central

Urhobo Monarchs Laud Omo-Agege For Attracting Projects to All Areas in Delta Central

 

Traditional rulers in Urhoboland in Delta State have offered royal blessings to the Deputy Senate President and Delta APC Governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, in his quest for the governorship of the state.

In a meeting today with Urhobo monarchs under the aegis of Urhobo Traditional Rulers Council, the monarchs applauded Senator Omo-Agege for attracting developments to almost all the communities in the eight local government areas of Delta Central Senatorial District.

 

All the kings from the 24 kingdoms that make up Urhoboland attended the event which held at the palace of the Ohworode of Olomu Kingdom and Chairman, Urhobo Traditional Rulers Council, His Royal Majesty, Ovie Richard Ogbon Ogoni-Oghoro 1.

The royal father who is reputed to be Africa’s oldest traditional ruler, lauded the sterling performance of Senator Omo-Agege and for restoring the voice of the Urhobo Nation at the national level.

“Senator Omo-Agege is a listening person. This is the second time he has come here to give report of his stewardship. This time he has covered the whole of Urhobo nation. Seeing is believing. Every part of the Urhobo Nation has been touched. We are glad. We know when you come to the pinnacle of administration in the state, all things will be better,” the centenarian said.

Highpoints of the meeting were the blessings and prayers offered to Senator Omo-Agege and his running mate, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi by the royal fathers.

Speaking, the Orodje of Okpe Kingdom and Chairman, Delta State Traditional Rulers Council, HRM Felix Mujakperuo, Orhue 1, commended the federal legislator for touching all nooks and crannies of Delta Central.

“I want to use this opportunity to tell a little bit of my interaction with His Excellency. The Amukpe-Agbor Road was so bad that they were raping women and kidnapping people there. Before he came on board, I protested and wrote a letter to the Federal Government about that road during the Jonathan administration.

 

“During this administration, they relaunched the project and instead of starting it from Amukpe, they wanted to start it from Agbor. I protested and wrote to him and the Minister. Senator Omo-Agege called the Minister and the road was started from Amukpe.

“Senator Omo-Agege does a lot of things for us. The Osubi Airport was closed. We wrote to the Federal Ministry of Aviation and copied him (Omo-Agege) that this is our battle for Urhoboland. He moved round, met the Minister of Aviation, Minister of Petroleum Resources and that is how the airport today had been given to Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

“And recently, the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) was going to close the airport, saying the airport was owing them. I phoned him and he said I shouldn’t worry. Overnight, that order was cancelled. That is why the airport is still existing today,” he said.

Giving his account of stewardship, Omo-Agege reeled out a catalogue projects he had attracted to all eight local government areas of the senatorial district.

“In the run up to the 2019 election, I came before this august body for prayers that will take me to Abuja as a senator. The prayers were offered and they worked. Not only did I emerge as the first reelected senator from Delta Central Senatorial District, I also emerged as the Deputy President of the Senate. There’s not a chance in the world that I will skip an opportunity to ask for these prayers again.

“At the time I asked for those prayers, I rendered an account of my stewardship of what I had done on behalf of the Urhobo people in the Senate. And I remember when I rendered account, some of my fathers pointed out that ‘All these things you are reeling out, I didn’t see anything in my Kingdom’. But I am sure I placed projects everywhere in this my second term,” he said.

The Delta Central lawmaker promised to build a new Delta State anchored on Employment and Empowerment, Development, Good Governance and Enduring Peace and Security (EDGE).

While assuring that he would turn the fortunes of Delta around, and make the state a giant construction site, he expressed regret that what the state collects from FAAC Allocation and 13 percent derivation are not commensurate with the physical development on ground.

He said: “Borno, Ebonyi, Kaduna, Kano States and others that are not oil-producing states, hence do not receive 13 percent Derivation, have become construction sites. All our communities today are in a state of decay. I have chosen not to indict anybody but I can and will do better”.

Other Urhobo monarchs at the event included the Ovie of Agbarha Otor Kingdom, HRM Richard Oghenevwogaga, Ebelle JP. Okorefe 1; Ovie of Ughelli Kingdom, His Majesty, Wilson Ojakovo Oghoghovwe Oharisi III; Ovie of Agbon Kingdom, Ogurime-rime Ukori I, Michael Omeru; Ovie of Oghara Kingdom, HRM Noble Eshimetan, Orefe III; Okobaro of Ughievwen Kingdom, HRM Matthew Ediri Egbin, Owahwa 11, among others.

Delta Riverine Communities Appeal to Okowa, DTHA For Speedy Passage Of CADA Bill

Delta Riverine Communities Appeal to  Okowa, DTHA For Speedy Passage Of CADA Bill

Asaba_____ Delta-born development advocate and human rights activist, Comrade Mulade Sheriff has again appealed to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to kindly consider the establishment of the proposed Coastal Areas Development Agency, CADA. The quest for creating CADA is aimed at giving hope of development and sense of belong to the riverine peoples of the State.

While making the appeal in Asaba, Delta State Capital, the Niger Delta born Enviromentalist, the Ibe-sorimowei of ancient Gbaramatu kingdom, on behalf of the riverine people of the state, urged Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori to speedily consider the passage of the CADA bill, with a view to bringing development closer to the people and by this write their names in gold for  posterity.

Chief Mulade the initiator and conceptualizer of CADA appealed to the lawmakers to give thoughts to the enormous benefits of CADA, and work for the immediate passage and establishment, before the end of the Okowa led administration.

It would be recalled that the appeal for the creation of CADA began in February 2018, long before other sister development agencies were created by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.

Speaking further, the Delta born environmental justice advocate recalled that an appeal for the consideration and passage of CADA bill was reforwarded via a letter which was acknowledged as received by the Delta State Government. 

A copy was also received by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, on the 22nd of January, 2020. 

Unfortunately, the Bill has not been given any consideration despite being in line with the demands by Deltans in the coastal communities, seeking a legislation to establish an agency saddled with the primary mandate to fast track development of coastal communities in the State.

It will be unfair to the peace-loving people of riverine communities, if they are continuously marginalized through deprived development. A continuous neglect of the CADA Bill by relevant parties is making the coastal communities feel subjugated rather than having a sense of ownership to the common purse. It may just be poor to make them remain in the stratum of a deprived and abandoned people. 

The Government of the moment can only be noted to have done very well if the coastal communities have this inclusiveness through the establishment of the CADA agency. 

Mulade in his words, I want to strongly and sincerely appeal to the current administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly Rt Hon Chief Sheriff Oborevwori to urgently consider this people oriented request and do the needful as we approach the 2023 General Election.