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.