Delta 2023: Omo-Agege promises to establish tertiary institution in Ijawland

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, while on ward-to-ward campaign in Bomadi Local Government Area on Monday, promised to establish a tertiary institution in Ijaw land, Delta South, if elected governor in 2023.

According to Omo-Agege, “My administration will establish a tertiary institution in Ijaw land to bring education closer to the people.

“The promises I am making to you today can only be possible, if you vote for me, Bola Tinubu, and all other APC candidates, who will actualise the yearnings of our people.”

Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, decried the infrastructure deficit in Ijaw communities, promising to address them, if elected.

The APC governorship candidate also promised the people that his administration would connect Bomadi and its environs to the National Grid to end the aged-long power outage in the council area.

He noted the dilapidating Ohoror/Bomadi Bridge and the access roads in the council, promising that his administration would address them as a matter of urgency.

Omo-Agege said that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa-led government abandoned the people of Bomadi and other Ijaw communities, in spite of their huge contributions to the state revenue.

The APC governorship candidate promised to change the narrative by elevating the urban status of Bomadi to one of the commercial cities in the state and attract development to the area.

Omo-Agege declared: “I want to assure you, my good people of Bomadi Council, with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the President, I will fix the Bomadi, Gbaregolor, Akugbene and Ohoror/Bomadi Bridges.

“I will fix the roads that have failed. The only existing bridges and roads still existing in Bomadi were done by former Governor James Ibori.

“The Catholic Bishop of Bomadi spoke with me sometimes ago where he appealed that I should use my good office to ensure that Bomadi is connected to the National grid and that Bomadi has been in darkness for too long.

“Let me assure you people that Bomadi will be connected to the Ughelli 33KVA line to ensure that Bomadi is linked to the National Grid.

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Elder Omeni Sobotie, APC State Chairman in Delta State, addressing party supporters at Bomadi and Tuomo I, said that the Okowa-led government had not done any project worth N1 billion in the last seven and half years.

“An APC-led government of Senator Omo-Agege will address the aged-long marginalisation and underdevelopment of the Bomadi, if elected in the 2023 general elections.”

The Director-General of Delta APC Campaign Organisation, Elder Godsday Orubebe,  also urged the people of Ijaw nation to vote massively for Omo-Agege and other APC candidates in the general elections.

Orubebe, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, speaking in Ijaw language, told the supporters that an Omo-Agege-led government would not disappoint the Ijaw people, if elected as governor.