{"id":16514,"date":"2017-10-22T23:03:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T23:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16514"},"modified":"2017-10-22T23:03:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T23:03:34","slug":"disaster-omo-agege-exposes-the-ignorance-incompetence-of-oboro-despite-being-in-house-of-reps-for-6yrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=16514","title":{"rendered":"DISASTER: OMO-AGEGE EXPOSES THE IGNORANCE, INCOMPETENCE OF OBORO DESPITE BEING IN HOUSE OF REPS FOR 6YRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>TO HON. EVELYN OBORO WE SAY, &#8216;NEMO DAT QUOD NON HABET&#8217; \u2013 \u2018NO ONE CAN GIVE WHAT THEY DO NOT HAVE\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>\u2013 Right of Reply<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For some time now, Hon. (Ms) Evelyn Oboro has been labouring in the media to disparage and vilify the People&#8217;s Most Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (The Obarisi of Urhoboland) for his role in the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun (FUPRE) Act. The main reason for Oboro\u2019s unprovoked vituperations against The People\u2019s Senator is that she, Ms Evelyn, owns a \u201ccopyright\u201d to \u201cthe Bill\u201d leading to the establishment of FUPRE and that this her &#8220;copyright&#8221; was infringed by Senator Omo-Agege.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Without much ado, we state that Ms Oboro\u2019s claim to some fantasy \u201ccopyright\u201d is probably the worst form of public exhibition of legislative illiteracy, meagre legal education (if at all), rascality, mischief, dishonesty, and dishonor. We believe the Urhobo Nation deserves far better from a legislator.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Before dealing with Oboro\u2019s fantasy \u201ccopyright\u201d claim, it is pertinent to note that except for this singular claim, Oboro has not and cannot lay claim to any other major Bill in the House of Reps. In other words, she has been virtually idle in the House of Reps for over 6 years. That is alright!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In sharp contrast, it should be noted that in just about 2 years, Senator Omo-Agege has the following Bills to his credit and there cannot be any respectful basis for a competition between Omo-Ageg and an idle legislator:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1. A Bill for an Act to Prohibit Sexual Harassment in Educational Institutions Prohibition, 2016;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2. Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 (Amendment) Bill 2016;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">3. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (Amendment) Bill 2016;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4. Court of Appeal Act (Amendment) Bill 2016;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">5. National Industrial Court Act (Amendment) Bill 2016;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">6. A Bill for an Act to Amend the Company and Allied Matters Act (Amendment) Act and Establish States Corporate Affairs Commissions, 2016;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">7. Dormant Accounts Bill, 2016;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">8. Compulsory Haemoglobin\u2013Genotype Screening Bill, 2016 \u2013 co-sponsored with Senator Ahmed Ogembe (Kogi Central); and<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=14775&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">9. A Bill for an Act to Establish the National Electoral Offences Commission Establishment and for other Matters Connected Thereto, 2017 \u2013 co-sponsored with Senator Abu Kyari (Borno North)<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ms Oboro\u2019s attempt to create some form of unfounded equivalence with the People\u2019s Senator is reprehensible and we will not tolerate it all. Even if she wants to disguise her obvious idleness and create a false impression of legislative \u2018busyness\u2019, Oboro should not feel that the best approach is to cling to extreme disrespect, dishonor and immaturity unbefitting of a federal lawmaker. We are resolved not to allow her to get away with unprovoked rudeness to her senior and better. It is not our style to launch media attacks on people but it will always be a grave mistake for mischief makers to take this as a weakness.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In the circumstance, this is our response to Hon. Evelyn Oboro\u2019s recent media misadventure against The Obarisi of Urhoboland:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">1. First, it is well-known that Bills establishing educational institutions often derive from generic templates. A simple look at Acts establishing federal universities will show they are similar. Their uniqueness only lies in their names, dates of passage, establishment dates, academic\/research focus, and date of assent.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">2. Next, it is a fact that Distinguished Senator (Professor) Adego Eferaykeya first sponsored\/introduced the FUPRE Bill in the National Assembly during the 6th Senate but his Bill was not passed.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">3. With the non-passage of the Eferakeya Bill, former President Goodluck Jonathan commendably re-sent the Bill to the 7th National Assembly in 2012 as an EXECUTIVE BILL (which is different from a Senator\u2019s or a Member\u2019s Bill). We are aware that our brother Distinguished Senator Pius Akpor Ewherido of blessed memory used his special relationship with the then President for the Bill to be presented as an EXECUTIVE Bill. Although this Bill was passed in 2014 by the National Assembly, curiously it was not assented to by President Jonathan as at when he left office in 2015. Without assent, it meant the entire legislative process had to be done afresh.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">4. We note that Hon. (Ms) Evelyn Oboro was first elected to the House of Reps in 2011 after the Eferakeya Bill had been presented. Oboro claims that she sponsored the 2012 FUPRE Bill that was passed in 2014 but not signed by former President Jonathan. No record whatsoever supports this claim. On the contrary, Jonathan simply re-forwarded the Eferakeya Bill to the National Assembly for fresh legislative action, with late Senator Ewherido leading the way. In content, the Eferakeya Bill is almost the same with the Jonathan EXECUTIVE Bill. Being so, how can Ms Oboro then claim to have sponsored a FUPRE Bill in 2012? Did she sponsor an EXECUTIVE Bill?!!!<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">5. An EXECUTIVE or a Concurrence Bill cannot stand in Oboro\u2019s name. Those Bills only stand in the name of the LEADER of the Chamber concerned. The conclusion must therefore be that Oboro LIED that she sponsored a FUPRE Bill in 2012. This is disgusting. Our women and mothers are not barefaced liars. They mold society with the power of truth and good character.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">6. Furthermore, it is elementary that our National Assembly is a bi-camera legislature \u2013 Senate and House of Reps. Often, there are Senate Bills and House Bills that are duly gazetted. The Senate Bill (SB) gazetted in respect of FUPRE Bill, 2016 is SB 226 and stands in the name of \u201cDistinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">7. SB 226, sponsored by Senator Omo-Agege, built significantly on the Eferakeya Bill and Jonathan (Executive) Bill in one significant area. Manifestly brilliant and bold, Senator Omo-Agege reasoned with the authorities of FUPRE that it was necessary to push for better funding for FUPRE from oil and gas companies operating in the Niger Delta rather than rely solely on federal allocations and internally generated revenue by the institution. This bold introduction in his Bill (SB 226) became a major issue for negotiation and lobbying\/counter lobbying. The oil companies did not want it. Senator Omo-Agege stood his ground. In the end, some reasonable compromise was reached.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">8. So, Senator Omo-Agege did not just represent the FUPRE Bill (which he could have done in his capacity as the Senator for Delta Central). He added great value to the original generic type of bill. He saw the university as a specialized one and needed to be funded accordingly so that it may deliver efficiently on its statutory mandate. That proposed value though reasonably negotiated is now reflected in the Act now commendably assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">9. On the premise that oceans hold enough water for all fishes to swim, Senator Omo-Agege consistently advised FUPRE authorities to ensure proper complementary action on the FUPRE matter in the House of Reps. This is because under our bi-cameral system, we need both Chambers to pass a law. Senator Omo-Agege initially wanted to work with Hon. Solomon Ahwinahwi but when it was suggested that it was better to work with Hon. Oboro who is from Uvwie LGA (where FUPRE is located), he agreed easily with the suggestion.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">10. In fact, Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai (Ndokwa\/Ukwani Constituency) played a tremendously commendable role in the House of Reps on the FUPRE Bill. Maybe Hon. Ossai (a non-Urhobo) is calm because he is not an idle legislator who achieves success only by making disrespectful and empty noises. Whatever Ms Evelyn did, even if meagre, one would have thought she did it for the god of our people. If her unserious inputs were made to disparage Senator Omo-Agege who moved the Senate to hold a successful public hearing and visit the institution, then she has a problem that must be cured by all means necessary.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">11. It is troubling that Hon. Ms Oboro appears completely ill-informed, illiterate maybe, on the topic of \u201ccopyrights\u201d in Intellectual Property Law. If so, then it may help to educate her here for free. The World Book Encyclopaedia (c2000, vol. 4, page 1046) defines a \u201cCopyright [as] \u2026 a body of exclusive rights that protect the works of authors \u2026 and other creative people against copying or unauthorized public performance. Copyright generally extends to original works of \u2026 intellectual expression.\u201d For emphasis, Black\u2019s Law Dictionary (c1990, page 336) defines \u201cCopyright\u201d as \u201c[t]he right of literary property as recognized and sanctioned by positive law. An intangible, incorporeal right granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary or artistic productions, whereby he is invested, for a specific period, with the sole and exclusive privilege of multiplying copies of the same and publishing and selling them.\u201d Simply put, copyright is a form of legal protection for authors of \u201coriginal works of authorship\u201d including intellectual assets or works. We shall return to this.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">12. Given the academic definitions of the term \u201ccopyright\u201d above, what \u201ccopyright\u201d does Oboro have over any FUPRE Bill? Is it the Eferakeya Bill that she holds a \u201ccopyright\u201d over or the Jonathan (Executive) Bill? Is her \u201ccopyright\u201d held over the generic template for drafting Bills establishing tertiary academic institutions? Can she tell the world what constitutes her \u2018original work of authorship\u2019 in Senator Omo-Agege\u2019s Senate Bill 226? Does Oboro even know what is in the Bill (now Act)? How can she have \u201ccopyright\u201d over a Bill she added nothing to, even \u2018is\u2019? If her \u201ccopyright\u201d is fringed and she does not know her options in law, is that a sign of being \u2018learned\u2019?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">13. If we may ask further, can Oboro, we mean Evelyn Oboro the Honourable, even articulate the dynamics of the Act, especially the funding issues? Why is she playing to the gallery on issues she obviously lacks the capacity and sophistication to handle?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">14. Even more questions. Why is it that it is only the FUPRE Act that she is talking about? Is she forbidden from working on other Bills to increase her so-called \u2018copyrights\u2019? Why would a person of minimum intelligence or one who loves Urhobo choose to disrespect Senator Omo-Agege for championing the FUPRE cause as it should be? Why was it not convenient for Oboro to disparage and vilify Chief Ighoyota Amori when he sponsored the same Bill as a usurper of Senator Omo-Agege\u2019s electoral mandate?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">15. Again, why is Oboro ranting over a Bill that was duly passed by the entire Senate of the Federal Republic and sent to the House of Reps for concurrence\/conference reconciliation? Is she not mocking herself for knowing so little about the intricate legislative processes of the National Assembly despite being there for 6 years? When Senator Omo-Agege rendered what has become probably the most well-researched Lead Debate on the FUPRE Bill, where was Oboro? Can Oboro publish her own Lead Debate in the House of Reps? Can she publish the details, including photographs, of any Public Hearing that took place on account of her actions on the FUPRE Bill in the Reps? Where her actions in secret?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">16. Indeed, where was Oboro when the heat was raging during the negotiation of the special funding status for the University? Where was she when His Royal Majesty, Abe 1, The Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, alongside with the Management of the University, led a high-powered delegation to the Senate for the public hearing on the FUPRE Bill sponsored by Senator Omo-Agege? Where was Oboro when the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFund visited FUPRE with Senator Omo-Agege for on-the-ground assessments \u2013 a key part of the Senate\u2019s legislative process?<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">17. Finally, whatever is driving Hon. Evelyn Oboro to believe she can create any equivalence with the Most Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege on the legislative turf (or any turf at that) is ill-conceived, foolish and a journey of self-destruct. Having, by her idle 6 years in the Reps, proven that she has no capacity to articulate and pass even one Bill, she makes herself a laughing stock for daring to suggest that there is some fantasy infringement on her so-called \u201ccopyright\u201d on the FUPRE Bill duly passed by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic and assented to by the President and Commander-in-Chief, His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari. That is why we must re-echo the Latin maxim, \u201cnemo dat quod non habet\u201d because having nothing, Hon. (Ms) Evelyn Oboro could not and did not give anything of value worth taking.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">SIGNED:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Aruviere Martin Egharhevwa<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">For: Media &amp; Strategy Team in the Office<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">of Distinguished Senator Ovie Omo-Agege<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/OBORO.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16495\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/OBORO-165x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/OBORO-165x300.jpg 165w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/OBORO.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 165px) 100vw, 165px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TO HON. EVELYN OBORO WE SAY, &#8216;NEMO DAT QUOD NON HABET&#8217; \u2013 \u2018NO ONE CAN GIVE WHAT THEY DO NOT HAVE\u2019 \u2013 Right of Reply For some time now, Hon. 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