By David Kabiyesi
Delta State All Progressive Congress (APC) Governorship candidate Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege said he has no plan to reverse teachers’ retirement age if he is elected governor.
The Deputy President of the Senate, who made this disclosure in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sunny Areh described the rumor as the handiwork of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), urging residents to ignore it and vote for him in the March 18 Governorship Election.
Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central at the National Assembly, said that the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers was passed by the national assembly in January 2021 under his watch as Deputy President of the Senate.
“That Omo-Agege plans to reverse the recently domesticated Federal law by Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta in the state when assumes office as governor.
“For record purposes, senator Omo-Agege is part of the leadership of the National Assembly as Deputy President of the Senate that worked assiduously for the passage of the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers in Nigeria Bill into law.
“To now suggest that the same law I facilitated its passage into law will be rolled back when I become Governor after winning the rescheduled March 18, governorship election is not just stupid and idiotic but farcical,” he said.
