{"id":66756,"date":"2019-05-19T04:01:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T03:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=66756"},"modified":"2019-05-19T04:01:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T03:01:40","slug":"south-south-zone-tips-omo-agege-for-deputy-senate-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/south-south-zone-tips-omo-agege-for-deputy-senate-president\/","title":{"rendered":"South south zone tips Omo-Agege for deputy senate president"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, senator Representing Delta Central in the Senate has been ranked as the best material to occupy the position of Deputy Senate President.<\/div>\n
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He is seen to have the requisite political experience, parliamentary exposure,\u00a0 administrative expertise, inter-governmental competencies and composure, needed skills to navigate and calm the often tension-soaked relations between the Executive and the Legislature,\u00a0 capacity to build a most fruitful relations between both arms and\u00a0 tested professional prowess as well as the needed global exposure.<\/div>\n
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In a survey conducted by\u00a0Global Forum of South South Professionals (GSSP)\u00a0\u00a0over the last three Months in which thousands of respondents and stakeholders totaling over 10,000 were sampled and surveyed across the South South\u00a0 geo-political zone to ascertain , among others, who their choice for the position of Deputy Senate President would be given that the position of DSP is being zoned to the South South by the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC).<\/div>\n
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Over 80% of the respondents who were sampled using various communications metrics including focus groups discussion and random sampling tipped Omo-Agege as the best material to represent South South for the Position of Deputy Senate President. Some of the respondents believe that the Choice of Senator Omo-Agege would help navigate a robust\u00a0 and mutually beneficial relationships between the Executive and the Legislature while maintaining Parliamentary independence while many stakeholders\u00a0 argued that the Senate need a politically suave and dynamic Parliamentarian like Omo-Agege to occupy the office of DSP to help build consensus, bring parliamentary experience, global exposure and administrative skills to bear on and compliment the position of Senate President in the scheme of things.<\/div>\n
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According to Mr. Francis\u00a0Omogosibo\u00a0of GSSP, a field officer ranked\u00a0 Omo-Agege as most suitable material for the Deputy Senate Presidency position going by field reports collated from its findings which deployed several Survey Research methodology and tools such as over 10,000 questionnaires administered to respondents across the six States of the South South Zone(Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States), survey monkey research materials, focus groups discussions, etc\u00a0 while using global communications and research tools such as wiki, LexisNexis and Survey Monkey to track field reports and citizens political preferences throughout the duration of the survey(the last three Months). For example, …that questions such as were put forward to respondents from the South South geo-political zone to elicit objective, neutral and empirically verifiable research findings: (a) Among the South South (APC) Senators, who would you rather pick or support for the position of Deputy Senate President? (b) How would you rate the contenders for the seat of the Deputy Senate President? (c) In order of preference, please rate the Senators representing\u00a0 South South Zone?<\/div>\n
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For example one particular respondent from Cross River State said his choice of Omo-Agege is predicated on the fact that he has great competencies and political skills to help other stakeholders build on the efforts of great patriots in the Niger Delta by helping to strategically \u201c douse mounting tension, hostilities and agitations over\u00a0 prolonged and age-long neglect of the Niger Delta region in the socio-economic and political setting in the country under successive governments since independence.\u201d Another respondent from Delta State noted that he is \u201cstrongly in support of Omo-Agege\u2019s candidature for the position of Deputy Senate President because of his political experience, his bridge-builder composure and above all, ability to navigate the often heated relations between the executive and Legislature and help build calm for mutually beneficial results.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Over thousands of questionaires were administered to respondents in all the constituent States of the South South geo-political zone with representatives drawn from Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Rivers States respectively. Discussions were conducted in the six States,\u00a0 just as random samplings of stakeholders and respondents were also carried out in the six constituent States. Weighty subject matters such as competence, needed skills, bride-building, parliamentary capacity, administrative experience, Knowledge of the country among others were considered.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0A Presidency source hinted that the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, immediate past Governor\u00a0 of Edo State has since been saddled with the responsibility, among others,\u00a0 of serving as the clearing house for South South Matters and is currently weighing in on the situation with indications that he is considering\u00a0 Omo-Agege as a natural choice for the position of Deputy Senate President because both the \u201c National Chairman of the Party and the Deputy Senate President cannot come from the same state otherwise his first choice was Senator Francis Alimikhena from Edo State.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Said an insider: \u201c As I speak to you, Comrade(Oshomhole) has been told to also clear and handle\u00a0 all matters relating to the South South geo-political because he is not only the National Chairman of the APC, he is the only APC Leader from the South South who delivered his Edo State to President Muhammadu Buhari and the APC in the recent elections\u2026Comrade has been consistent and contrary to misleading media reports, he is working with Senator Ovie Omo-Agege to ensure that the lots of the South South and the\u00a0 Niger Delta are improved. Besides, Omo-Agege is very brilliant, a strong parliamentarian\u00a0 and a Lawyer who is a two-time Senator would bring a lot of experience and brilliance to bear on that role. Don\u2019t forget, Omo-Agege himself also greatly understands the need for both the parliament and the executives to work together in harmony for the good of the country. He has been a Commissioner and a Secretary to Government of Delta State. Besides, the powers that be wants to accommodate the Urhobos, the 5th largest ethnic nationality in the country but has been badly marginalized by previous governments including those of Goodluck Jonathan and Obasanjo.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Informed sources revealed that Omo-Agege who has characteristically shown political sagacity and resilience\u00a0 in a PDP-controlled Delta State in two consecutive elections where he emerged as Senator on Labour Party ticket and currently on APC ticket, respectively\u00a0 has had to contend with a deluge of anti-party plots by some disgruntled politicians who feel embittered that Omo-Agege has become a dominant actor and factor\u00a0 in APC chess game. But Oshiomhole,\u00a0 and the Presidency in particular, it was gathered,\u00a0 have calmed all interest groups using carrot and stick approach.<\/div>\n


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