Politics

Omo-Agege: Why I won’t probe Okowa’s govt if elected gov

Deputy Senate President and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, says his administration will not probe the State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa’s government if elected in 2023.

Omo-Agege, however, said the Okowa-led government would only be made to refund the N250 billion it recently received from the 13 per cent derivation refund.

He said this while speaking to APC supporters during the Ward-to-Ward campaign at Abari, Koloware, Agoloma and Uduophori in Patani Local Government area of the state on Thursday.

The senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District said: “I am not interested in probing Okowa, as long as he returns our money.

“Eye is placed in the front for a purpose, hence, it is not placed at the back, as a governor I will not be looking backwards.

“We do not want to probe or pursue anybody, but we are only saying that there has not been any proper judicious use and equitable allocation of the resources that have come to this state in the past seven years.

“I have decided to lead this challenge and get rid of Ifeanyi Okowa-led administration and set Delta State in a proper course of development.

“And, for us to achieve this, we have decided and have consulted with the best brains we could put together to come up with an agenda and a manifesto which we have christened the ‘E.D.G.E Agenda’.

“In that E.D.G.E Agenda, we are looking at what heals our people and what heals the people of this kingdom.

“For the most part, they have gone to school, graduated over six, seven and eight years ago and have not got any job.”

Omo-Agege said his government would create an enabling environment to bring back those companies that were here before, but for one or two reasons decided to relocate.

“We are on the course to attract them back to the state so that they can create employment and empowerment opportunities for our people,” he said.

Omo-Agege stated that to attract the companies back to the state, the issues of insecurity must be addressed by way of investing in the security architecture.

The Deputy Senate President noted that investment in security was quite expensive, but considering its cost-benefits, it worth it.

“About four to five states in the country have invested in purchasing security devices. Devices that can track people that are into kidnapping, banditry and killer herdsmen.

“It is not about my comfort and happiness. It is about the comfort and happiness of the people of Delta,” Omo-Agege said.

The Star