Nigeria’s Ambassador to Thailand, Oma Djebah has extolled the leadership and governance qualities of the Delta State governorship candidate of the All Progressives (APC), Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, declaring that he stands head and shoulders above all the other contenders.
The frontline international journalist, who is also a former Commissioner for Information in the state, maintained that Omo-Agege, who is the Deputy President of the Senate, has the best credentials, solid international exposure, insightful understanding and grasp of the challenges and dynamics of the state, and thus best positioned to address these challenges including other concerns confronting Deltans.
According to the Nigerian envoy, Omo-Agege is “fair-minded, courageous, administratively astute with an excellent professional standing as a lawyer, public administrator and private sector player”. While urging Deltans to come out massively and vote for Omo-Agege. Djebah said the APC governorship candidate is the only one with the best and most fitting appropriate public and private sector skills, experience and network to lead the state out of the “terrific economic straits caused by a whopping N850 billion debt over hang, occasioned by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa/Sherrif Oborovweri’s inappropriate and mindless borrowing spree”!
Djebah said that “this is not the time to toy with the future of Delta State by granting Governor Okowa an insidious third term via Sherrif Oborovweri who is being sponsored by the out going Governor, nor experiment with people whose background are less than inspiring”.
He further said: “The line-up of governorship candidates in the state’s election leaves no one in doubt as to who the cap truly fits. From the dossiers, credentials and antecedents of all the candidates, it is clear that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, the Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, stands head and shoulders above the other contenders”.
He noted that for preparedness, and readiness for the task of governance, Omo-Agege unveiled a 60-page manifesto dubbed the EDGE – E for Employment and Empowerment, D for Development (Economic, Infrastructural and Industrial), G for Good Governance, and E for Enduring Peace and Security.
He explained: “In his laudable and painstaking plan to positively transform the commercial ecosystem of Delta State and create an investment-friendly charter that makes access to funds and infrastructure a natural way of life, he proved his connection, and indeed excellent understanding of the intersection between emerging global realities and capacity to domesticate such designated best practices for the overall development of Delta State.
“He also demonstrated his deep knowledge of the state he aspires to govern and indeed lead by placing human capital development, agricultural revolution, food security, tourism, infrastructure, housing and related labour-intensive interventions also at the core of his agenda.
“A leader of a multi-cultural and dynamic state as Delta must recognise the need for inclusive development. To that end, DSP Ovie Omo-Agege has vowed to facilitate the establishment of one cluster industry in each of the 25 local government areas in the state as governor, through his well-articulated Delta State Employment, Entrepreneurship and Empowerment Programme (DEEP).This strategy provides renewed hope for Deltans to benefit from developmental programmes right at the local government and ward levels.
“Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege , the Delta state APC gubernatorial candidate has equally articulated plans to create an enabling environment for industries and manufacturing; establish tech hubs, set up small business funds guarantee schemes, promote skills acquisition and the institution of a Career Development Centre for Deltans. Indeed, his manifesto forges a clear path to Delta’s renaissance.
“Remarkably, it holds vast promises for many including the youth and women demographics, who are ever willing to unleash their talents and potentials for the overall development of Delta State.
“But beyond its articulation, the broader hope of the good people of our beloved Delta State lies in the fact that Omo- Agege’s APC’s manifesto will be superintended by a man of stellar vision, courage, unshakable determination and integrity, whose tireless commitment and devotion to service and untainted positive transformation of the lives of all Deltans is needed at a time when our dear state is in dire straits.
“As many public commentators and public spirited Deltans have rightly asserted since 2015, the overall development of the ‘Big Heart’ has been relatively hamstrung, showing very abysmal, poor outlooks especially in terms of economic dynamics. Not a few people think this is a misnomer for a frontline oil producing state embedded with rich human capital. Yet, the near absence of strategic thinking in Asaba over the last eight years has exacerbated the state’s uncomplimentary socio-economic status”.
