By Agbanashi Obinne
It's exactly one year today, that
the Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi was sworn in as Deputy Speaker,
Delta State House of Assembly after he was reelected by the Ndokwa
East people, to represent them in the State Assembly for the second time,
as his one good term deserved another.
Before now, the generality of
Ndokwa East had wanted a consolidation of the good and people oriented
representation of the Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi, a first timer, that stunned
everybody with his new order of representation- a paradigm shift from the
rather oligarchic and plutocratic form of government that was the case of the
Ndokwa East people, to a system of leadership that epitomized democracy via a
youthful, humble, God fearing personality and egalitarian who feels the pulse
of the people.
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| Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi, Deputy speaker, Delta State House of Assembly |
He came out with a campaign
slogan: ” if I win you win”; and immediately, the project was greeted with
passion and enthusiasm leading to his being voted for massively the second
time.
Like, the dictum, “he’s tested and trusted”, the massive vote
for PDP from Ndokwa East in the last general election, was triggered by the
obvious testimonial of Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi whose first time leadership was
characterized with human capital empowerment, palpable dividends of democracy,
social empowerment, women empowerment, youth empowerment , scholarships and
vibrant representation in the State House of Assembly.
Before April 11,2015, the Friday
Osanebi Campaign team with her principal, went round all the communities in
Ndokwa East, with the campaign manifesto of hope, advancement and prosperity.
He made promises irrespective of economic challenges ravaging the country. He
hasn’t held this as a yardstick not to fulfill his promises to his people. Just
a year into his second return to the house of assembly, he has fulfilled almost
all his campaign promises and he has not relented in raising the bar, each
passing day.
Osanebi has become a phenomenon
that must be reckoned with, as his rescue and empowerment mission remains a
fortified force within the polity.
From ‘If I win you win’; it’s now,
“If I enjoy, you enjoy”, in Ndokwa East. Within a year, Rt. Hon. Friday
Osanebi, has reasonably changed the game and has raised the standard that will
be difficult for any house member or politician within and around Ndokwa nation
to beat.
He started with harmonizing the
leadership of Ndokwa nation, synchronizing all divides and views in the
trado-political leadership of Ndokwa East and Ndokwa nation in general. Because
of his passion for youth empowerment and positive engagement, Osanebi has
instituted a youth empowerment cum involvement strategy, which gives every
youth a sense of belonging. Osanebi has been able to harmonize Ndokwa youths,
irrespective of their divergent opinions and views about life and government.
Within a year, the “Empowerment
Master” as he is now fondly called, has facilitated the appointment of young
men and women into positions of influence and affluence, within and outside the
political terrain of Delta State.
Because of his passion for human
capital development, he has institutionalized a process of ensuring academic
excellence in order to raise Giants in various strata of human life, through
his foundation, The Friday Osanebi Foundation (FOF), which gave out over N10
million to students of Anioma origin just recently in Asaba. Among other
things, the intent and purpose of this noble gesture was to empower the
students economically in order to pay their fees, get books and be comfortable
while studying. Besides, the Youngest Deputy Speaker in Nigeria has said, that
he is using this platform to ensure academic excellence of his people, because
renewal and continual enlistment in the scholarship scheme was predicated on
the student’s return of yearly academic report of not less than an upper
credit.
In a bid to consolidate on the
educational wellbeing of Ndokwa East, Osanebi in addition to the schools he
built in the ten wards of Ndokwa East in his first missionary journey to Delta
State House of Assembly; within a year – from June 8, 2015 to June 8,
2016, Osanebi has completed another set of six class room blocks in six wards
of Ndokwa East.
Different Contracting firms are
already in some of our roads, and just last week, the Delta State Executive
Council approved the reconstruction and widening of the Beneku road in Ndokwa
East.
Because of his passion and desire for
the holistic empowerment of his people, within one year, Osanebi has doled out
over N5 million to market women in his locality to boost small and medium scale
enterprises. For the records, within 12 months in office, Rt. Hon. Friday
Osanebi has delivered an eleven point report card, in all of these, the
people remain the central focus.
1. N5 million Empowerment for
market women to boost small and medium scale enterprises.
2. Construction of 6 classroom
blocks in Ibrede primary school, Ibrede.
3. Construction of 6
classroom blocks in Iselegu Primary School , Iselegu.
4. Direct employment of over
50 youths in the oil sector
5. Employment of over 20 men and
women into the public service ( political appointment and other related
engagements )
6. Construction of 6 classroom
blocks in Umueze Primary School, Ossissa.
7. Construction of 6 classroom
blocks in Niger Primary School, Asaba-Ase.
8. Trained and Empowered 25 youth
in conjunction with AGIP, through skill acquisition with starter packs.
9. Construction of 6 classroom
blocks in Mixed Secondary School, Okpai-Oluchi.
10. Construction of 6 classroom
blocks in Aboh Grammar School, Aboh.
11. Ten Million Naira, Scholarship
Award to Anioma Students, through his foundation, The Friday
Osanebi Foundation ( FOF ).
Osanebi has demonstrated capacity
within a year and has raised the standard for his serving and yet to be
colleagues in the State House of Assembly.
In all of these, what does he have
to say ? ” we thank God who has taken us thus far” . Very simple and straight
to the point you would say, but Osanebi attributes all he has recorded and all
he’s got, to God.
He has done wonderfully well- Obielum
For Chief Godswill Obielum, leader
of the Ndokwa East political family, Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi has done
wonderfully well, in just one year.
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| Chief Godswill Obielum |
He said this as he was fielding
questions from news men. He said: Osanebi has been able to reach out to every
segment of his constituency, and has effectively reached out to leaders,
elders, traditional rulers, youths and women", pointing out that the
Deputy Speaker has proven that he can do more and better in any form
engagement. "Let me speak on Ndokwa East first. He has done so much in the
area of constituency projects and I know he often goes out to inspect them to
see that all is effectively done. That is an excellent score. His educational
scholarship programmme that cuts across Delta North and beyond is a very big
score . He has done very, very, well," Obielum said.
He has done beyond our expectation - Ezechi
Commissioner representing Ndokwa
Ethnic Nationality on the Board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas
Development Commission ( DESOPADEC). Comr. Nnamdi Ezechi in his reaction said
Osanebi has surprised all with his giant strides in the last twelve months. He
noted that with the Deputy Speaker's delivery on infrastructure and empowerment,
he has done beyond the people's expectation, judging by the prevailing economic
crisis ravaging the nation. He called on public office holders to emulate the
leadership and empowerment philosophy of Rt. Hon. Friday Osanebi so that
prosperity can speedily reach the people.
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