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2023: Deputy Senate President, Omo-Agege Picks Delta Ex-Deputy Speaker As Running Mate

Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central senatorial district, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement signed by him and obtained by SaharaReporters.

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate and deputy senate president, Ovie Omo-Agege, has picked the former deputy speaker of the state House of Assembly, Friday Ossai Osanebi as his running mate.

 

Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central senatorial district, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement signed by him and obtained by SaharaReporters.

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He said his decision to pick Osanebi, a member representing Ndokwa East constituency in the state House of Assembly, followed consultations with party leaders, elders and stakeholders.

The statement read, "Consistent with section 187(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and in furtherance of the firm resolve of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State to provide responsible and balanced leadership to realize our strategic vision to take Delta from extreme bad governance and Build A New Delta (‘BAND’) on the four pillars of Employment and Empowerment, Development, Good Governance and Enduring Peace and Security (‘EDGE’).

"After broad consultations with the leadership of our party, stakeholders within and outside the party and diverse interests across our state in a painstaking vetting process, it is my pleasure to announce to our people that The Rt. Honourable Friday Ossai Osanebi is my nominated running mate and the Deputy Governorship candidate of APC for the 2023 Delta State Governorship election. This momentous decision is for the greater good of all our people and consistent with our unshakeable faith in the immense leadership strengths, innovative energies and resourceful spirit of the youths of this great country.

 

"Rt. Honourable Osanebi is a leader of impeccable character. He is a highly competent political bridge-builder and unifier of people. A very successful former National President of Ndokwa Youth Council (NYC), he holds the record of the youngest member of the Delta House of Assembly representing Ndokwa East Constituency.

“His sterling qualities earned him several important leadership roles in the Delta State House of Assembly, including the Chairmanship of the House Committee on Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC); Deputy Chief Whip; Chairman, House Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs; Chairman, House Committee on Culture and Tourism; and eventually, the Deputy Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly.

"Rt. Honorable Osanebi constantly demonstrates mature, humane, resourceful and impactful leadership in public governance, legislative business, youth affairs, community relations, and corporate engagements, more particularly in the oil and gas industry where he has carved a niche for himself.

“He has a unique capacity to make sound and courageous decisions for the good of society. Trustworthy and God-fearing, Rt. Honorable Osanebi is a Christian and happily married to Mrs. Ogechi Osanebi, and they are blessed with children.”

 

Osanebi, a former member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected to the APC after falling out with the state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa and other chieftains of the party.

 

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