Waive has done well, he will do better as a ranking member - Omo-Agege, Igbuya

Published date11 January 2023
Publication titleNigeria - The Nation

Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, former Delta Speaker Monday Igbuya and Delta Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Elder Omeni Sobotie have charged the people of Ughelli North, South and Udu federal constituency to vote for Hon. Francis Ejiroghene Waive to make him a ranking member of the House of Representatives.

The three APC leaders said that Waive has done well as a first timer but will do better if reelected as a ranking member of the House of Reps because he will have more privileged to head committees.

DSP Omo-Agege while addressing mammoth crowd of supporters who received him in continuation of the party's ward-to-ward campaign at Iyara and Oviri Olomu in Ughelli South local government areas of the State commended Hon. Waive for not disappointing him and other party leaders who supported him.

He urged the people of Ughelli North, South and Udu federal constituency to return him, saying that one good turn deserves another.

Igbuya appealed to voters in Ughelli North, South and Udu federal constituency to vote Waive back, noting that as a ranking member of the House of Reps, he will perform better.

'So, we've come to plead with you to vote Waive back. If he returns for his second tenure, he will do projects that will leave your mouth gaping. By that time, he will become a ranking member with more privileges,' he said.

Sobotie said Waive

has no competitor in the race because PDP candidature is still a subject of litigation, adding that Waive will be returned unopposed.

'Who is their candidate? I am told that their candidate for the House of Representatives are still in court. But because I don't want to run foul of the law, I don't know who their candidate is. But as soon as we know their candidate, we will unmask him.

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'So, for the House of Representatives vote Waive, and since PDP don't even have a candidate, I think we may return Waive unopposed,' he added.

Waive, after receiving the party flag, dedicated it to God. He called on the...

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