BY FESTUS AHON

UGHELLI—FORMER Secretary to Delta State Government, Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege, has said that he has all it takes to represent the Urhobo ethnic group in the Senate.

Speaking in Oghara, Sapele and Ughelli, Omo-Agege lamented that the Urhobo have been short-changed for too long, adding, “My mission is to salvage the Urhobos politically at the national level working in conjunction with the leadership of the Urhobo Progress Union.”

Reiterating his resolve to ensure the revitalisation of the moribund Delta Steel Company, DSC, Ovwian-Aladja, if elected into the Senate, he said that he was in the senatorial race to rescue the Urhobos from the seeming political low tide they are experiencing in the current political dispensation.

He added that his decision to join the senatorial race was after much pressure mounted on him by some political pressure groups and Urhobo leaders of thought, decrying that the Urhobos, as the fifth largest ethnic group in Nigeria, have nothing to show for their enormous contributions to the country’s wealth.

Noting that the Urhobos have no member in the Federal Executive Council, he said that if elected, he would ensure that they get their fair share in the political scheme of things in the country.

He also promised to ensure that government addressed the problem of unemployment in Delta Central senatorial district, emphasising that “I will initiate good legislations that will promote youth employment and empowerment of both women and men in the area in particular.

“I will influence good projects that will add value to our socio-economic lives in the district, if I am elected into the Senate,” adding that he would see to the building of the Okwagbe sea port that was approved since 2009 by the Federal Government.

While soliciting the prayers and support of the people to enable him achieve his desire to render good service to his ethnic nationality, Delta State and Nigeria as a whole, he said that he has the capacity to resolve the seeming political marginalisation the Urhobos were going through.