Abuja-based activist and human rights crusader, Mr. Victor Jobo, has admonished the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege to team up with Hon Ossai Nicholas Ossai in the effort to develop Ndokwa and Urhobo ethnic nationalities of Delta state.
Mr Jobo, in a statement issued to Blueprint, Wednesday, said Hon. Ossai, representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani federal constituency of Delta state, had previously sponsored a bill for the establishment of a Federal Polytechnic Kwale for his constituency, in the lower chamber of the National Assembly for the benefit of his people and Nigerians.
He said “The bill which was transmitted by the House last year, was sent to the Senate for concurrence, unfortunately suffered setback as the stepped down for no reasons, but not quite long a similar Bill resurfaced in the Senate seeking to establish a federal polytechnic in Oregun by the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo Agege also in his own clan in Delta state, and was transmitted to the House of Representatives for concurrence.”
According to the activist, Hon. Ossai raised a point of order urging the House of Representatives to also step down the Senate version; since it was the same Bill he sponsored and was stepped down by the Senate.
He explained that, “While Ossai hails from Ndokwa ethnic nationality ,Omo Agege is from Urhobo ethnic group in Ughelli North local government area of Delta state.”
“The Urhobo ethnic nationality has more tertiary institutions with more federal presence, Ndokwa clan has only a neglected prison yard as the only federal presence in the constituency.”
He, therefore, urged Omo-Agege to team up with Ossai in the effort to develop their areas instead of using his position to frustrate legislative engineering at the National Assembly.
