Suspension: Constituents Pass Vote Of Confidence On Omo-Agege

Following the suspension of the senator Ovie Omo-Agege from the
National Assembly, the people of Delta Central Senatorial District
that he represents have condemned the action of the lawmakers, even
as they passed a vote of confidence on him.

They however said his suspension was a violation of their right
to quality representation in the Upper legislative chamber.

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC) in Delta
Central, Olorogun Adelabu Bodjor, made this disclosure weekend
while addressing party supporters and the people of the area
following the Senate’s action that suspended Omo-Agege for 90
legislative days.

The politician in his address also condemned the action of APC
senators who took part in the action, calling on the party at the
national level to sanction them.

“The incidence that took place in the National Assembly and the
suspension of the Distinguished Senator representing the Urhobo
people in the National Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has again
called to question the affairs of the Nigerian Senate. Our
Distinguished Senator has been providing quality representation to
the people of Delta Central and we are proud of him.

“By suspending him, if the Senate leadership thinks that it will
deter him, then they are wrong. The Urhobo nation is solidly behind
him, we believe in him and we will give him all our support at any
time and any day in this whole process. We therefore pass a vote of
confidence on the distinguished Senator, Senator Obarisi Ovie
Omo-Agege. We still believe that he will bounce back better and
stronger than his distractors in the National Assembly.

“But we want to say here and very emphatically, that Urhobo
nation would never tolerate any act of political intimidation and
threat to our Senator whom we overwhelmingly voted for to represent
us in the National Assembly. The primary responsibility of Senator
Ovie Omo-Agege in the National Assembly is to provide quality
representation to the people of Delta Central and attract the
dividends of democracy to the Urhobo people and that he has been
doing excellently well since we cast our votes for him to the
Senate.

“We therefore use this medium to call on our Distinguished
Senator never to despair because he has the backing of the entire
Urhobo people who voted him to the National Assembly to represent
us and not to represent some individuals in the National Assembly.
He is there to represent the interest of the Urhobo nation and not
the interest of a very few persons in the National Assembly who
feel their election is to feed themselves and the members of their
immediate family negating the interest of the nation.”

He also described as “a shame that the party has the leadership
of the National Assembly but it has decided to stand the morals of
good leadership on its head and has also decided to take the party
that brought them to power on a roller-coaster.

“We call on the national leadership of the party to call the
members of the party at the National Assembly to order before they
take the party down the cliff hanger. The national lawmakers got
the mandate of the people of Nigeria to make enduring laws that
will better the lot of Nigerians and the future generation of our
children in general. They were not voted for go and feather their
own nests and engage in selfish activities to the detriment of good
governance for the entire Nigerian people”.

Following the suspension of the senator Ovie Omo-Agege from the
National Assembly, the people of Delta Central Senatorial District
that he represents have condemned the action of the lawmakers, even
as they passed a vote of confidence on him.

They however said his suspension was a violation of their right
to quality representation in the Upper legislative chamber.

The chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC) in Delta
Central, Olorogun Adelabu Bodjor, made this disclosure weekend
while addressing party supporters and the people of the area
following the Senate’s action that suspended Omo-Agege for 90
legislative days.

The politician in his address also condemned the action of APC
senators who took part in the action, calling on the party at the
national level to sanction them.

“The incidence that took place in the National Assembly and the
suspension of the Distinguished Senator representing the Urhobo
people in the National Assembly, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has again
called to question the affairs of the Nigerian Senate. Our
Distinguished Senator has been providing quality representation to
the people of Delta Central and we are proud of him.

“By suspending him, if the Senate leadership thinks that it will
deter him, then they are wrong. The Urhobo nation is solidly behind
him, we believe in him and we will give him all our support at any
time and any day in this whole process. We therefore pass a vote of
confidence on the distinguished Senator, Senator Obarisi Ovie
Omo-Agege. We still believe that he will bounce back better and
stronger than his distractors in the National Assembly.

“But we want to say here and very emphatically, that Urhobo
nation would never tolerate any act of political intimidation and
threat to our Senator whom we overwhelmingly voted for to represent
us in the National Assembly. The primary responsibility of Senator
Ovie Omo-Agege in the National Assembly is to provide quality
representation to the people of Delta Central and attract the
dividends of democracy to the Urhobo people and that he has been
doing excellently well since we cast our votes for him to the
Senate.

“We therefore use this medium to call on our Distinguished
Senator never to despair because he has the backing of the entire
Urhobo people who voted him to the National Assembly to represent
us and not to represent some individuals in the National Assembly.
He is there to represent the interest of the Urhobo nation and not
the interest of a very few persons in the National Assembly who
feel their election is to feed themselves and the members of their
immediate family negating the interest of the nation.”

He also described as “a shame that the party has the leadership
of the National Assembly but it has decided to stand the morals of
good leadership on its head and has also decided to take the party
that brought them to power on a roller-coaster.

“We call on the national leadership of the party to call the
members of the party at the National Assembly to order before they
take the party down the cliff hanger. The national lawmakers got
the mandate of the people of Nigeria to make enduring laws that
will better the lot of Nigerians and the future generation of our
children in general. They were not voted for go and feather their
own nests and engage in selfish activities to the detriment of good
governance for the entire Nigerian people”.