The senator representing Delta Central in the National Assembly, Ovie Omo-Agege, has said his constituents benefited immensely from President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term in office like no other administration had done.
The APC lawmaker who is also contending for the position of Deputy Senate President in the incoming Ninth Assembly, congratulated the President on his swearing-in for second term in office.
A statement by Billy Egbe on behalf the senator’s office on Wednesday in Abuja, listed some of the achievements of Buhari in the last four years in the South South geopolitical zone to include: Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun (FUPRE); payment of pensions to former staff of Delta Steel Company (DSC); ongoing dualisation of the Amukpe-Eku-Agbor-Ewu expressway; funding of the Federal Maritime University, Okerenkoko; construction and successful commissioning of the Itakpe-Ujevwu (Udu) standard gauge railway line and implementation of the government’s Social Investment Programs (SIPs).
“Senator Omo-Agege notes with a great sense of gratitude that Mr. President’s first tenure has been markedly beneficial to our people. In terms of infrastructural development, attention to progressive and peoples-uplifting policies, and upholding integrity as a necessary element of good governance, no federal government in the recent past has shown fidelity to its promises to the Urhobos and the South South in general like the government of President Buhari.
“Whilst wishing Mr. President and our very dear Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, (SAN) a very successful second term in office, it is our prayer that the good expectations of our people and all Nigerians would be realized in the NEXT LEVEL.
“For sure, our support for your leadership is iron-cast because we infinitely trust your patriotism, sense of integrity and fine character as a statesman and President,” the statement reads.
OWEDE AGBAJILEKE, Abuja
