REFURBISHED DELTA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY

                         

REFLECT ON THE ESSENCE OF THE YULETIDE – OCHEI

Rt. Hon (Engr) Ochei has urged Deltans and indeed mankind to celebrate the yuletide by reflecting on its very essence, which symbolically heralds the birth of our Lord Jesus to reconcile mankind to our creator.
The call was made in his seasonal goodwill message to Deltans.

According to him, “as we celebrate as Deltans I want us to reflect on the very essence of this season, and adequately appraise the relationship between Deltans, mankind and our creator”.

He also observed that as a praying and prayerful state with the sobriquet “The Finger of God”, there is compelling need to uphold the values and virtues that make us see one another as one indivisible people.

While wishing Deltans a merry Christmas and a fruitful new year, the legislator opined that observing the core essence of the season will make Delta come out as a better state.

I AM STILL CONSULTING ON 2015 DELTA GUBER RACE – SPEAKER

Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, has broken his silence on the state’s 2015 governorship race, maintaining that he is still consulting over the matter.

He stated this on Tuesday in Asaba during the 2013 end of the year media parley, disclosing that as a politician, he has to start getting ready for 2014 when political activities intensify. He added that would disclose his intention after rounding off his consultation with his constituents.

The speaker stated that he would not stop politicking, saying that he is entitled to contest for any position, can work with and support anybody and that he is qualified he would seek for the support of Deltans.

2015: OCHEI IS OUR CHOICE FOR GOVERNOR—ITSEKIRI LEADERS

The people of Itsekiri in Delta State have expressed full support for the governorship ambition of the Delta Speaker, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei as their choice to succeed Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan come 2015.
This was revealed by the pioneer Chairman of Warri South West Local Government Area, Hon. David Atikpekpe, who also stated that the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei is the choice of the entire Itsekiri people for the governor of Delta state in 2015.
The former council boss, who was paid a courtesy visit yesterday by members of the Delta Focus Group, DFG at his country home along Odion road in Warri, Delta state, further noted that since Delta central and south had both enjoyed the seat for eight years each, it is wise to cede it to Delta north.

                    

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DELTA 2015: DELTA NORTH SENATORIAL LEADERS TO REACH OUT TO OTHER ZONES

Leaders from Delta North senatorial district have pledged to engage their counterparts from other zones towards making the emergence of the governor of the state in 2015 from the zone a negotiated exercise as they identified agriculture and a strong industrial base as critical factors for sustainable development of the state.

In a well attended strategic conference in Lagos at the weekend, stakeholders from the academia, political class and royal fathers outlined the road map to the election of a governor of the state from Delta North extraction in 2015, noting that a large array of competent, educated and experienced leaders are available to take the state to greater heights.

OCHEI: ENDURING FOOTSTEPS OF AN UNUSUAL PHILANTHROPIST

In ageless Africa, it is said that the heart that gives love is humane, but the one that demonstrates care, is simply godly.

In simple terms, our ancestors, long ago, realised that while love is desirable, care, its nobler variant, is ideal.

Luckily, our subject-Rt. Hon. Victor Onyekachi Ochei, has both virtues( love and care) in the right proportion, in his kitty.

Long before he ventured into partisan politics (in lieu of which benefit-popular support, for instance- many of our elite today become emergency do-gooders for decoyed selfish reasons), or even dreamt of it, Victor Ochei had not only drawn up the skeleton of his acknowledgedly huge humanitarianism, but had actually began to give flesh to the sketch, by way of positive actions. Today, like the millipede’s legion legs on wet soil, Hon. Ochei’s humanitarian activities are firmly rooted in community service, sports, education, the media, infrastructure, etc.

OCHEI AND THE DELTA 2015 HOUNDS

The 2015 elections may be a year and several months away but in Delta State, the impression one gets is that the gubernatorial poll may well be holding tomorrow. While hardly anyone has publicly declared for the race, certain interested politicians are already at one another’s throats in what is fast deteriorating into a rat race to Government House.

My projection is that the acrimony with which various political gladiators are trying to actualize their ambitions may well lead to bloodshed in the period leading up to the election proper, a pointer to which is the dastardly attempt on the life of Engr. Victor Ochei, incumbent Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly. The failed assassination, a brazen act of terrorism, took place at Obomkpa, a town in Aniocha North Local Government Area, which Ochei represents at the Assembly, targeting him in what was a clear attempt to murder him in cold blood at an event at which he was engaging his constituents at a grassroots level.

EXPLOSION UPDATE: OBOMKPA YOUTHS PROTEST ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF OCHEI

The last may not have been heard of the botched assassination attempt on the life of the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Onyekachi Ochei, when an explosion rocked the venue of a scheduled consultative meeting with party faithful at Obomkpa, Aniocha North LGA on November 1, 2013.

The latest in the series of events connected to the explosion occurred on Thursday, November 7, 2013 when angry youths, in their hundreds, stormed Delta State government House to protest what they regarded as a failed assassination plot against the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei.

OBOMKPA EXPLOSION: OCHEI IS MY POLITICAL SON – OKWUOFU

A political chieftain from Obomkpa community in Aniocha North LG of Delta state, Chief Nkem Okwuofu has strongly condemned the attempted assassination attempt on the life of the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Onyekachi Ochei, during a consultation meeting with party faithful in Obomkpa town, on Friday Nov 1, 2013.

Chief Okwuofu, who made this declaration, while addressing newsmen at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Secretariat in Asaba on Wednesday November 6, 2013, said that it had become imperative for her to clear the air on the matter, especially against the backdrop of her recent interrogation by the Delta State Police Command in connection with the incident and the widespread speculations that she may have been fingered in the plot to assassinate the Speaker.

POLICE QUIZZED OKWOFU OVER OBOMKPA EXPLOSION

THE Police have quizzed the Chairman of the Delta State Local Government Commission, Mrs. Nkem Okwuofu over the recent cannon blast which allegedly targeted the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Chief Victor Ochei.

  Okwuofu, a native of Obomkpa, was detained at the State Police headquarters in Asaba for several hours Wednesday and later granted bail on self-recognition after the police obtained her statement over her alleged role in the blast.

OBOMKPA EXPLOSION: POLICE CONFIRM ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON OCHEI’S LIFE

The Delta State Police Command yesterday confirmed that there was an assassination attempt on the life of Victor Ochei, the speaker of the state House of Assembly, penultimate Friday at Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government Area of the state.

The state police command that made the confirmation through its spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Lucky Uyabeme, also refuted an earlier statement credited to it in an online medium.

DELTA ASSEMBLEY WANTS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON SPEAKER INVESTIGATED

The Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday called on security agencies in the state to investigate the alleged assassination attempt on its Speaker, Mr Victor Ochei.

The assembly passed the resolution in Asaba followed a motion by Mr Samuel Mariere, representing Ughelli North I Constituency.

Mariere criticised the assassination attempt, and said there was need for an urgent investigation to ensure that the perpetrators were brought to book.

He said if not for God, the story would have been a different one.

The motion was unanimously adopted.

MAN ARRESTED FOR PLANTING EXPLOSIVE UNDER DELTA SPEAKER’S SEAT

The police in Delta State have arrested a man in connection with the explosion that rocked the seat of speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, at a political meeting in the state at the weekend.

Two cannons exploded at the venue of the meeting at Obomkpa, Aniocha North Council Area of the state, while the speaker was acknowledging cheers from well wishers at the venue.

The seat of the speaker was specially clothed along with other special guests.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that Ochei’s seat was thrown meters up while a lady close by had her legs shattered.

DELTA SPEAKER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT

Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, today escaped an assassination attempt when a bomb placed under his table exploded shortly before he sat down.
The event which occurred at Obomkpa in Aniocha North Local Government area – the Speaker’s constituency was a reception organized in honor of Ochei by a political group loyal to him.
Obomkpa is home to another strong politician Chief Mrs. Nkem Okwuofu, Chairman of Delta State Civil Service Commission who has a frosty relationship with Ochei.
Though Ochei escaped without bruises same cannot be said of others.

DELTA SPEAKER BACKS NATIONAL DIALOGUE, BLASTS CRITICS

Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, has declared support for the planned national dialogue already set in motion by the Federal Government just as he took a swipe at critics of the conference.

Speaking in an exclusive chat with The Infra News in Asaba, the head of the legislative arm of Delta State government said a national dialogue had become most imperative to determine the future of project Nigeria.

In view of the jagged edges of the Nigerian State, he said, a national conference would be most appropriate at this time to discuss the areas of disagreements between constituent parts of the country and other ethnic nationalities.

OCHEI: MANIFESTING COURAGE & CONFIDENCE

In my over five decades on mother earth, I have never comprehended the import of the cliché ‘’never judge a book by its cover” until by divine providence, I met Rt Hon Victor Onyekachi Ochei, the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, during the recent Annual Conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editors in Asaba. His inclination to listen, discuss and offer advice to the teeming and enthusiastic crowd, devoid of the Bonapartean carriage of c’est moi d’etat (I am the state) was a sort of curious paradox.

Though I was enthralled by his simplicity; I was determined to unearth this enigma, who had been severally and erroneously classified as haughty. My inquisitiveness provided an interesting vista on his innumerable accomplishments in diverse fields of human endeavour, which stemmed from his courtship with courage and confidence as core components in achieving success.

DELTA CENTRAL BY-ELECTION: UDUAGHAN, DELTA SPEAKER CONGRATULATE AGUARIAVWODO

Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan and the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly have congratulated the Chief Emmanuel Aguariavwodo, on his victory and emergence as the Senator-elect from the Delta Central Senatorial by-election.

Speaking during a victory party hosted for the PDP and Aguariavwodo inside his private residence in Warri, Governor Uduaghan advised the senator-elect to always remember his constituency when he gets to the senate, stressing that he must bring the dividends of democracy to the Urhobo people.

ONOKPASA DISMISSES CALL FOR OCHEI’S PROBE

Legal practitioner and public affairs commentator, Barrister Jesutega Onokpasa has condemned the call by the Delta State Youth Forum for Good Governance, for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe the recent training of Delta State House of Assembly members in the USA.

In a chat with journalists, Onokpasa described the group as a faceless bunch with no genuine address that will not surface to defend their wild and unreasonable allegation.

According to him, it ought to be clear to anyone with a genuine desire for good governance that our present democracy, being at an embryonic stage requires the regular training of principal actors for the purpose of the entrenchment of a deep sense of democratic culture aimed at actually delivering the dividends of democracy to the electorate as opposed to taking them for a ride at every turn.

NIGERIA AT 53: OCHEI URGES NIGERIANS TO RELISH UNITY IN DIVERSITY

Nigerians have been counselled to derive strength from the variety of tribes, dialects and cultures in sustaining the corporate existence of the country, thereby extenuating the virtues of unity in diversity.

The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Victor Ochei made this clarion call, contained in his celebratory message to Nigerians on the country’s 53rd independence anniversary.

In the message, the legislator highlighted resilience, patriotism, mutual tolerance, honesty and ability to shun divisive tendencies as essential ingredients in attaining societal development, which the country as a fledgling democracy needs.

OCHEI RESCUES ACCIDENT VICTIMS

Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Engr.) Victor Ochei has admonished drivers against excessive speeding and reckless driving as indulgence portend fatal consequences.

 He gave the piece of caution after supervising the rescue and evacuation of accident victims along the Obiaruku-Amai road in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta when a twenty-five seater high cabin bus conveying a wedding party from Ehor in Edo State to Amai, capsized.

CONCERNED DELTA WOMEN FOR OCHEI PASS CONFIDENCE VOTE

DELTA State Women with the name “Concerned Women for Ochei, Ndokwa Chapter, rose from their executive meeting last Sunday, with vote of confidence for excellent performance passed on the speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei.
The Women during their National Executive meeting in Kwale, also called on the speaker to join other Delta North aspirants for the governorship of the state come 2015 elections.
Moving the motion for the confidence vote, Mrs. June Igba from Ukwuani Local Government, explained that they considered Ochei’s peaceful and progressive leadership of the State House of Assembly, pointing out that such leadership virtue, if transcended into state governorship, will move Delta State to vantage global positions.

ASSEMBLY WORKERS COMMEND OCHEI’S LEADERSHIP STYLE

THE Delta State Chapter of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASSAN), has commended the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Victor Ochei for introducing a comprehensive transformational agenda in the administration of the state legislature.
Chairman of the association, Comrade McCartney Obrotu gave the commendation when he led the new executive committee on a courtesy visit to the Speaker.
According to him,” from the inception of the First Assembly, we have never experienced such monumental transformation in infrastructure and manpower development”.

WHY OUR OVERSEA TRAINING WAS NECESSARY –LAWMAKERS

The Leadership of Delta State House of Assembly has explained that the continuous training of legislators and staff of the legislature is necessary if sustainable development must be achieved for the people that gave them mandate to represent them. The House which spoke to newsmen through the Chairman, House Committee on Information and also the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Hon Johnson Erijo, on the activities of the legislature while on annual recess, said the House is taking pragmatic measures to work in line with the present ongoing restructuring of the legislature to position it for excellent service delivery.

DELTA SPEAKER DRUMS SUPPORT FOR GOV UDUAGHAN

The Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon (Engr.) Victor Ochei, has urged Deltans to continually support the Governor Uduaghan administration in its commitment to the faithful implementation of the three point agenda, as such will provide the necessary impetus for further development.

He made the call during an interactive session with journalists at the end of an inter denominational thanksgiving service commemorating the twenty second anniversary of the creation of Delta State at the Living Faith Church (Winners Chapel), Effurun.

DELTA GUBER: WE ‘LL SUPPORT OCHEI’S CANDIDATURE IN 2015 – IJAW GROUP

Ijaws, under the aegis of Ijaw Action Group for Change, Wednesday said they will support Delta North senatorial district for governor in 2015 only if it presents Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Victor Ochei, as a consensus candidate.

Spokesman of the group, Lucky Oweimieotu, who made this known to the Delta Force Group, DFG, at Burutu, Delta State, thanked members of the DFG, for campaigning for Ochei.

2015 GUBER: GROUP WANTS DELTA SPEAKER AS CONSENSUS CANDIDATE

Members of the Ijaw Action Group for Change has stated that the Ijaws in Delta State will only support Delta North Senatorial District for governor in 2015 if they present Hon. Victor Ochei, Speaker Delta State House of Assembly as their consensus candidate.
The group made this known at Burutu, headquarters of Burutu Local Government Area, Delta State on Friday when executive members of the Delta Focus Group (DFG), a pro-Ochei group, met with the Ijaw Action Group for Change to appeal to them to support Ochei for governor in 2015.

DTHA LEGISLATORS VISIT GOLDMAN SCHOOL USA

After laughing and chatting in close-knit circles, it’s finally time for a group of Nigerian state legislators in the living room of UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy to hear the day’s lecture — a lecture that aims to bring them one step closer to implementing better public policies in their state.

The group of 40 legislators from the Delta State House of Assembly in Nigeria arrived in Berkeley on July 29 to take part in a newly designed two-week executive leadership program focusing on governance and policy development in areas such as housing, higher education and sustainable energy. They will be returning for the next two summers to participate in additional two-week training programs.

DELTA 2015: THE SEARCH FOR UDUAGHAN’S SUCCESSOR

WHEN Governor Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan quits as chief helmsman of Delta State on May 29, 2015, who will be his successor? Will the person come from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or opposition parties like the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) and others?

Will he come from Delta North, Delta Central or Delta South? Will the person be a thorough politician, technocrat, egg-head, man or woman?

These are some of the questions that the electorate must answer as posturing for the 2015 elections gathers momentum.

Though the polls are almost 20 months away the Delta State political landscape is already astir with an avalanche of aspirants, who want to succeed Uduaghan, the third civilian governor of the state.

GROUPS BACKS DELTA SPEAKER

The dream of Delta State’s Speaker to become the next governor is receiving support from various groups in the area.

The 2015 gubernatorial ambition of the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, received a boost recently.  The Speaker received massive support from various groups in the state towards the realisation of his dream.
At a gathering of young political elite recently at the Effurun residence of Hon. Sunny Onuesoke, a former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; several groups used the event to pledge their support for Hon. Ochei.  Delta Focus Group, a pro-Ochei political pressure group also paid a courtesy visit to appeal to him to join the Ochei 2015 project.

DELTA GUBER: OCHEI GETS ENDORSEMENT FOR 2015

Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Victor Ochei has received the endorsement of Delta Central Progressive Forum (DCPF) to contest for the 2015 governorship election.
Speaking during the inauguration of the group in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area, the national coordinator of DCPF, Mr. Ochuko Megere urged Urhobo people to back Ochei in the 2015 governorship.

DELTA SPEAKER MOURNS EWHERIDO

Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Mr Victor Ochei, has expressed shock over the death of Senator Pius Ewheriodo. He described the late Senator as an exemplary patriot, whose focus was on the socio-economic emancipation of the polity.

In a statement, Ochei said: “My sense of loss regarding Senator Ewheriodo, erstwhile acting Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, stems from the fact that he departed when his repertoire of knowledge would have enhanced our fledgling  democracy.

2015 GOVERNORSHIP: DELTA PROFESSIONALS IN LONDON ENDORSE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER

A group of young professionals of Delta State extraction in the United Kingdom has thrown its weight behind the reported governorship ambition of the Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei.

The group, Delta Young Professionals in UK (DYPUK),  said in a   statement signed by its leader, Mr Chris Obasohan, that the resolution of the professional body to encourage  Ochie’s candidacy was based on their close assessment of the Speaker’s sterling leadership and efforts on sound legislation which have deepened good governance in Delta State.

2015 GOVERNORSHIP: IT’S TIME FOR DELTA NORTH –OCHEI

Victor Onyekachi Ochei is the speaker of Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA). As part of activities marking the second anniversary of the fifth assembly, Ochei, a chemical engineer by training who has been in the business of law-making since 2003, spoke to Charles Okogene, on sundry issues in the state. Excerpts:

Can you assess the performance of Delta State House of Assembly under your speakership?

So far it has been satisfactory. As a presiding officer, I sit down to preside over the arguments either for or against and then rule, but in the past two years I have seen vibrancy, very robust arguments and deep thinking emanating from the floor. I have seen people become very conscious of their environment and things going on around them which have direct bearing on their constituents. I can tell you that a lot has improved on what we used to have in the house of assembly. In this fifth assembly, we have a crop of new entrants who are very willing and eager to learn. They buckle up very well and I can tell you that in my assessment from the plenary and other committee assignments, they have done well and we could not have wished for anything better than what we have now. Anything beyond this would have been excellent mark, but I don’t want to sound immodest. I want to remain with the fact that we have done well.

LIFE ENHANCING LEGISLATION IS OUR GOAL—DELTA SPEAKER

The Delta state Legislature have been urged to retrospect the out- going legislative year, as the spring board to fashioning out concrete ways through proper legislation and exercise of oversight function, which will be in synergy with other arms of government impact positively on the citizens.

Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon (Engr.) Victor Ochei gave this piece of advice, in his opening address of a two day retreat organised in Lagos for the Honourable members of the House, as part of activities marking the second anniversary of the Fifth Assembly of the Delta State House of Assembly.

OCHEI TASKS JOURNALISTS: REPORT FACTS, GET N1M

The need to reposition the media for greater challenges through veracious reportage, has been adduced as the decisive factor that informed his resolve to institute an annual one million naira prize for the best investigative journalist in Delta State, so says Rt Hon (Engr.) Victor Ochei, Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly.

The Speaker, who had earlier on during an interactive session with journalists as part of activities marking the Second Anniversary of the Fifth Assembly of the Delta State Legislature, challenged the media to eschew speculative journalism which according to him lacks the essentials for societal development.

GROUP REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR OCHEI

A political pressure group, Delta Central Progressives Forum (DCPF) has reaffirmed its support for the speaker of the DTHA, the Rt.Hon Victor Ochei’s ambition to become governor of Delta State, come 2015.

The group reaffirmed the support during the occasion of the inauguration of the Uvwie LGA executive held at the Crown Hotel, Saturday, June 8.

The debate on whether or not, Rt Hon Victor Ochei should be the right aspirant among others to earn the support of the group was prompted by a remark by made by Chief Oweh Johnson, a leader of the group in Ethiope East LGA.

2015: BETWEEN CLARK AND DELTA GUBER ASPIRANTS

It is becoming practically impossible for some Delta State politicians like the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe, and Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, to sleep with their two eyes closed.Reason? Chief Edwin Clark! The Ijaw leader has become a stumbling block to their ambitions. Kola Niyi-Eke narrates the drama playing out.

South South chieftain and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark is the perfect definition of a dogged fighter, who throws all to the ring if he chooses to fight. And since the return of democracy in 1999, he has managed to keep the smile on his face; at least on the long run. He indeed has been a stakeholder in Delta State and largely commands followership.

UDUAGHAN’S SUCCESSOR: WHOSE SACRIFICE WILL THE GODS ACCEPT?

Although, the year 2015 is still far away, glimmers of things to be expected before, during and after the governorship election have started rolling out in Delta State. No fewer than 12 contestants from across the three senatorial districts of the oil rich state are already jostling to succeed Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who has not finished his tenure. DOMINIC ADEWOLE in Asaba, reports that the race may after all not be for any of the early risers as was proven with the election of Uduaghan in 2007.

Although, none of those who have shown interest has come up with a blueprint for the development of the state, faceless groups, corporate organisations, socio-political pressure groups, women affairs and community development associations, who have laid claim to the wind of positive change in the state, have started drumming support for their preferred aspirants.

STABILISING THE DELTA ASSEMBLY

Behind the much talked about rancour-free Delta State House of Assembly is the Speaker, Hon. Victor Ochie, who many now refer to as the stabiliser, writes Olawale Olaleye

His physiognomy can be intimidating. But when you get a little closer, the Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, is just as harmless as the words that proceed out of his mouth. Confident and self-effacing, Ochei also boasts such a trapping mien that even his political foes would concede so much to him.
Interestingly, unlike the ordinary, his physiognomy also corroborates his intellectual depth, understanding of Delta politics and terrain as well as the legislature where he holds court as speaker.

DELTA 2015: SUPPORTS FOR DELTA SPEAKER, OCHEI GETS MOMENTUM

The speculated governorship ambition of Engr. Victor Ochei, the speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, is gathering momentum by the day.

Several political pressure groups in the state have been endorsing Ochei to be the generally acceptable governorship aspirant fit to succeed Governor Emmanuel Uudaghan come 2015.

Recently, a frontline political group, Delta Focus Group, DFG, inaugurated its Delta South senatorial district chapter with the promise to deliver all the wards in the district for the speaker come 2015 PDP governorship primaries.

DELTA 2015: IT’S OKOWA VERSUS OCHEI IN PDP

In the last few weeks, several persons have been touted as the most likely successor to Delta State Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, in 2015. Out of the lot, two men stand out. Remi Adelowo reports

 About two months ago, some major political stakeholders had gathered at the Isoko country home of the former Chairman of Guinness Plc, Chief Abel Ubeku, in Delta State, for a social cum thanksgiving service.

Present at the occasion included the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Comrade Ovuozorue Macaulay, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, to mention but a few.

As it is common with events of such nature, it soon turned political with the endorsement by a group named Isoko Development Union (IDU) of Ochei’s alleged 2015 governorship ambition.

LAWMAKERS WILL COMPLEMENT UDUAGHAN’S EFFORTS — SPEAKER

The executive and legislative arms of government in Delta State have been commended for the synergy in discharging their  responsibilities.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Labour, Dr Clement Iloh, made this known during a visit to Rt. Hon. Victor Ochei, Speaker of state House of Assembly in Asaba.

According to Iloh, the development has put Delta above her contemporaries in creating a healthy interface between the three arms of government irrespective of the sacrosanctity of separation of power.

2015: OCHEI’S ENDORSEMENT AT UBEKU’S LAGOS RESIDENCE TEARS ISOKO LEADERS APART

By SaharaReporters, New York

SaharaReporters has learned of a cold war among political figures of Isoko ethnicity in Delta State over a purported endorsement of Victor Ochei, speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, for the post of governor come 2015.

Our correspondent reported that the formal introduction and purported endorsement of the speaker took place at the Lagos residence of Abel Ubeku, a prominent Isoko leader and former chief executive of Guinness Nigeria Plc. Mr. Ochei, who is from the northern section of the state, was reportedly presented shortly after a thanksgiving church service by Mr. Ubeku.

DELTA 2015: THE BIG BATTLE FOR UDUAGAHAN’S SEAT BEGINS

For all the efforts being put in by various aspirants in Delta State for the 2015 governorship election, the main obstacle today is Chief Edwin Clark, leader of the Ijaw nation and a minister in the First Republic. 

The elder statesman, regarded as the godfather of President Goodluck Jonathan is showing anybody within sight that he is in charge. But for how long can Clark hold the state?  DOMINIC ADEWOLE in Asaba reports that Delta, like in previous elections, revolves on a web of conspiracy. Result: The answer might be in a different direction.

The intrigues that trailed the 2007 governorship election in Delta State is rearing its head again. That was when the erstwhile Governor of the oil rich state, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, in collaboration with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in what looked like a give-and-take politics, anointed and delivered Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan as  the governor of the state.

2015: SACK FEVER GRIPS DELTA SPEAKER’S AIDES

Culled from Daily Independent

Political aides of the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, now sleep with one eye closed following the sudden sack of the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Eddy Akpati.

The sacking of Akpati, which took place over three weeks ago, is said to have unsettled other aides of the speaker who has not hidden his intention to run for the highest office in the state in 2015.

Though, no reason was given in a statement signed by the chief of staff to the speaker that announced Akpati’s removal and replacement with Mr. Nkem Osu, sources told Saturday Independent that Akpati’s removal is not unconnected with a meeting he reportedly held in Abuja with a top politician from the state who is also interested in succeeding Uduaghan.

DELTA NORTH AND 2015 GUBER RACE

One issue that has dominated public discourse since 2011 when Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan began his second and final term in office as the governor of Delta State is the issue of which senatorial district should produce his successor in 2015.

And as the date for the next gubernatorial election gradually draws nearer, the discussions on the matter also get more intense. Rumours that some politicians who are not from Delta North Senatorial District are gearing up to throw their hats into the ring of the contest for the governorship seat are also heating up the polity.

Besides, the silence of the leadership of the party on the much-argued existence of a zoning arrangement that ceded the 2015 governorship to Delta North has continued to fan the embers of political agitation within the state.

2015 GOVERNORSHIP RACE…..DELTA SPEAKER UNDER THREAT

A piece culled from DELTA DECIDES 2015

It is no longer a rumour as the news is every where that the current speaker of Delta state House of Assembly, Rt,Hon. Victor Onyekachi Ochei is running for the governorship seat come 2015 under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Al though he has not publicly declared his intention, he has set machineries in place to realize his ambition.
Ochei, who is from Onicha-Olona in Aniocha North Local Government Area, has a very wide political network in the state and is seen as a “big threat” by an Anioma top aspirant who is also said to be eyeing the governorship seat on the same platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

DELTA NORTH 2015 GOVERNORSHIP RACE IS AN INALIENABLE RIGHT –OCHEI

Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Chief Victor Ochei has posited that an Anioma Governor is an inalienable right based on the conventional tripod arrangement in which the Central and South Senatorial zones have produced Governor.

Ochei who spoke in Asaba during a visit by the leadership of the Anioma Agenda, an ethno-political group maintained that the demand by the Igbo speaking people of Anioma for the governorship of the state was their inalienable right, a development that will justify equity and fairness.

PHOTOS: OCHEI’S STRATEGY ON POVERTY ERADICATION

The government of Delta State is making efforts to tackle the problem of endemic poverty in the state through multiple approaches, chief of which is the empowerment of the less privileged in the society. The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt Honourable Victor Ochei, took the lead few days back when he empowered not less than 1020 women in the state
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CHIKE OGEAH: FOR EQUITY, DELTA NORTH SHOULD PRODUCE GOVERNOR IN 2015

Question: The three senatorial districts of Delta South, Delta Central, and Delta North are contending for the right to produce the next governor of the state in 2015, and this is already causing tension among the people. Where do you think the next governor of the state should come from?

Answer: What I can tell you is that power is never given and power is not gratis. Nobody gives it to you free of charge. I don’t want to use the word fight, but you must show that you are, indeed, worthy of power. The second thing is that you must also show your negotiation skills with everybody else to let them understand that, indeed, these are the reasons why you want that power.  No matter how ridiculous an argument is, because this is democracy, everybody has their own way of thinking.