Edo Citizens, Party Leaders Hail Omo Osagie, NDC Oredo Rep Candidate, Say Manifesto Unprecedented

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Sections of the Edo public, party leaders and constituents have hailed the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, House of Representatives candidate for the January 16, 2027 National Assembly elections, Hon. Omo Osagie, popularly also known as Mighty Man, describing his legislative agenda as unprecedented in the history of Oredo Federal Constituency.

The commendations came during the week when the candidate held campaign consultation meetings with party stakeholders, leaders of thought, briefings with support group coordinators, party strategists, representatives of women bodies, youth leaders and faith groups, preceding the setting up of his campaign council, which he said would be announced in the coming days.

Speaking to the various groups and stakeholders, who were drawn from across the constituency, Hon. Osagie unveiled a six-point manifesto bouquet.

It comprised social service deliverables which he said would lift his Oredo constituents from the absence of critical social amenities and infrastructure for dire poverty alleviation to a new dawn of opportunities, grassroots health amenities and sustainable masses uplifting economic empowerment initiatives through enabling legislations.

Hon. Osagie stated that he would achieve his promised manifesto through highly researched legislative bills, which he pledged to diligently pursue and pass into federal laws with the support of already existing and new colleague networks at the National Assembly.

15-Point Manifesto Under Six Subheads

At the various engagements which began in Benin City and culminated with senior caucus stakeholders of Edo State NDC, South-South and national party leaders in Abuja at the weekend, Hon. Omo Osagie reeled out a fifteen-point lawmaking legislative agenda under six subheads which he emphasized he would vigorously devote his first tenure to achieve through compelling bills for the benefits of his constituency, Edo State and Nigeria in general. The bills were as follows:

Infrastructure Bill

1. A bill for compulsory installation of fire equipment, borehole water source, solar panel rig and a police desk room in every public market of Nigeria.
2. A bill for establishment of a waste-to-wealth refuse incineration converter to electricity in major markets of every state of the federation.

Cutting Governance Waste

3. A bill proscribing and prohibiting pension, and any other post-tenure remuneration in whatever form described, to elected public office holders after their tenures, except former Presidents and Vice Presidents of Nigeria.
4. A bill proscribing and prohibiting the establishment, funding and endowments with public funds the unconstitutional office of First Lady, First Son, First Daughter or any other nomenclature so labelled at any tier of government throughout Nigeria.
5. A bill abolishing and prohibiting sponsorship of religious pilgrimage of any faith throughout the federation of Nigeria, religious observances being individuals’ private pursuit.

Micro Economic Support & Sundry Empowerment Bill

6. A bill abolishing ticketing levies of children 18 years and below engaged in family support petty trade foot hawking throughout Nigeria.
7. A bill regulating and penalising residential, office and factory lease rent as a measure for economic stabilization, combating national inflation and social-economic strain on citizens.
8. A bill for monthly social security allowance to severely physically challenged Nigerians, childless elderly widows/widowers, education, skills and trade tools acquisition grants to young physically challenged youths.
9. Personal intervention fund to support, collaborate with government tiers and private organisations football and athletics talent hunt for local and international career promotion of talented Oredo and Edo youths in general.

Anti-Corruption & Good Governance Bills

10. A bill for mandatory bi-annual (half year and year end) audit reports of statutory budget allocations, budget mid-term performance assessment, revenues, grants and other forms of emoluments by all government establishments of the federation.
11. A bill criminalising DNA proven paternity fraud, penalising culprits and proportionately compensating spouses and offspring of such fraud.
12. A bill making Chapter 2 of the Constitution of Nigeria justiciable and mandatory for governments of the federation to provide primary healthcare, basic education, environmental safety and a Housing Relief Fund, HRF, for destitute unemployed families with physically challenged children or young children below fifteen years.

Health

13. A bill for 24-hour home service medical emergency ambulances and medics team for critically ill seniors, invalids and others for home treatment to safely stabilize them before transfer to medical centres.

Education

14. Bill for mandatory teaching of History, Human Rights, NGOs and Humanitarian Foundations as subjects in primary and secondary schools throughout Nigeria.
15. Bill prohibiting posting of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, corps members to states or parts of the federation under terrorists and bandits occupation or threats, penalising of posting NYSC personnel of banditry victims in defiance of insecurity advisory, and abolishing discriminatory and disparate school fees, access to learning facilities and amenity on the basis of non-indigene status.

Scholarship programmes of state governments/local councils offered to their indigenes shall be exempted from the ambits of this bill.

Office Of First Son, First Daughter, Side Chic, First Pet Dog — Osagie Laments Governance Waste

At the Abuja end of his consultative tours, Hon. Omo Osagie told the NDC leaders and media train of his entourage:
“The concept of First Lady at all tiers of governance across Nigeria has become a local and international embarrassment.

Their unexplained and unlawful access to billions of taxpayers money and in-your-face so-called empowerment programmes and self-serving private causes have become a flagrant drain of public resources and cancer on the conscience of democratic civilization.”
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“It is a shame how this misnomer in Nigeria’s public governance has now degenerated to new forms. It is to the extent that we now have letterheads bearing Office of the First Son, First Daughter of the President and Governors of various states. These drainpipe so-called pet projects fly over the faces of Nigerians, cross our borders to mocking African countries, Europe and America, flagrantly displaying indiscreet and ridiculous multi-billion naira projects of all sorts.”

“In no time we are going to have letterheads and projects designated as Office of the Side Chic and Even First Pet Dog of the Governor, Local Council Chairmen and so on,” Osagie lamented.
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“Nigeria cannot continue like this. Sometimes we’ve got to say enough is enough, and I think this is the time,” Osagie declared.

Recall that the Federal High Court in Benin had delivered a unanimous judgment on October 27, 2026 declaring Hon. Omo Osagie as the lawful candidate of the NDC for Oredo Federal Constituency, after several months of hearing processes involving multiple aspirants.

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