Omo-Agege, who is representing Delta Central Senatorial district at the Upper Chamber of the Nation Assembly, gave the projection at the unveiling of his End of Term Report and Score Card at the weekend.
He opined that Urhobos have been marginalised since 2007 and should, therefore, file behind Ogboru to bring the ethnic nationality into reckoning again in politics.
The Senator, who reeled out bills he has sponsored and the empowering of 6, 000 women in 20 markets spread across the eight local government areas of Delta Central, averred that the greatness of Urhobo must be restored in the coming general elections.
He lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the Aladja rail and the payment of the entitlements of retirees of Delta Steel Company who had long been neglected.
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“The hard work to make Urhobo Great Again has begun. Think about how the Urhobo nation is better off, thanks to President Muhammadu Buhari and APC, Urhobo is now linked to by rail to Aladja after 34 years that the project was abandoned.
“Retirees of Delta Steel Company are now being paid their entitlements after over years of neglect.
“Urhobo sons and daughters are now appointed various very important positions in the federal government, the latest being the appointment of Sir Richard Odibo as member National Population Commission representing Delta State.
“Chief Great Ogboru has emerged as the governorship candidate of the ruling national party in Delta State and he will win the governorship in 2019, thereby ending years of marginalisation of the Urhobo people in Delta state politics.
“The last time that happened was in 2003 when Chief Ibori won reelection for a second term.
“You will recall that Urhobo nation always allies with the ruling national political parties such as the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC), the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) up till the 2003 elections. That was the period Urhobo was truly great.
“Since 2003 when Urhobo turned its back on PDP, there has been an apparent conflict of interest crisis faced by Urhobo faced in the last four general elections, when the Urhobo people had to vote for PDP in the presidential elections and against PDP in other elections.
“This made it impossible for Urhobo to have the influence it deserves it deserves and thus diminishing our standing in national politics.
“The cost has been enormous to the Urhobo people both in terms of economic and political empowerment of its people and development of Urhobo Nation.
“It was a difficult challenge but rather than shy away from it, I decided to confront it and made it a top priority. I chose to caucus with the APC immediately I was sworn in.
“And following the defection of members of the Labour Party in Delta state led by Chief Ogboru to APC, I later defected to APC.
“Today the conflict has been resolved. Urhobo is now aligned to the ruling national party and once again back to the mainstream of party politics in Nigeria where it rightly belongs.
“More importantly, Urhobo can now vote for progressives in both state and national elections to maximally leverage on its demographic strength politically, with confidence that Urhobo will soon reclaim its pride of place in state and national politics,” he noted.
Omo-Agege also stated that President Buhari would win the presidential ejection in 2019, urging Urhobo to be part of the success.
“The Urhobo people shouldn’t forget in a hurry how the PDP marginalised the 5th largest ethnic group in Nigeria and the largest ethnic group in Delta.
“Do not be deceived, Buhari will win again and Urhobo should be part of the success by massively supporting APC and voting for Buhari, Ogboru, myself and indeed for all APC candidates in 2019,” he enthused.
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