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  • The Assembly Wants Him To Substantiate His Claim Of 6.8M, If He Cannot, We Ask Him To Retract His Comment – Hon Charles Omang

    The Assembly Wants Him To Substantiate His Claim Of 6.8M, If He Cannot, We Ask Him To Retract His Comment – Hon Charles Omang

     

    The member representing Bekwarra State constituency, Hon Charles Omang KSM, has stated that despite insinuations and misconception that the 10th Cross River State House of Assembly wants to silence critics, on account of the summon of Mr Ejim Jonny Agogo, who alleged in a viral video that his house of assembly member, Hon Charles Omang and his colleagues at the Cross River State House of Assembly, receives 6.8M as monthly salary apart from constituency and other allowances.

    Responding to questions from TheLumineNews, Hon Omang noted that the video which was played in a church in Bekwarra Local Government Area, has spread bad blood among his constituents which increased the routine requests for financial assistance, has however put him and his colleagues in the negative light before their constituents.

    The lawmaker explained that “In the assembly, we took it very seriously because that is far from reality. The salary of a state house member is in the public domain since 1999. It has never been reviewed.
    When he made findings, he was told that our salary is #680,000.00 and he mischievously added one zero to the figure to pitch our constituents against us. It is not just about me here, it is about the entire assembly.

    “The assembly is not detaining him or sending him to any prison as wrongly speculated. We want him to come and tell us how he got that figure as our salary. If he cannot substantiate his claim, we ask him to retract his comments using the same energy he used to create the video, and that will end the matter”.

    The lawmaker stated that just very recently that they noticed an increment of #60,000.00 in the salary, and wondered why his constituents resorted to such a blackmail.

    Omang further disclosed that he played a very significant role to restore normalcy in the feud between the Chairman and councillors in Bekwarra last month, but that the said Mr Ejim Jonny Agogo, who hails from the same village with him Ukpah, claimed that he is among the persons sponsoring the councillors against the chairman of council.

    “This guy has been in this act to ruin my reputation. At some point, I called his elder brother’s attention to what he says and writes about me.
    “I was not hungry when I came into the state house of assembly. I have a law firm in Abuja and I was doing well for myself. I came into the assembly because I have always wanted to serve my people. But I can tell you that as assembly members, all is not well with us as people speculate. You can find out from your state constituency member, the deputy speaker. The pressure from personal, family and constituents responsibilities far outweigh our income”.

    Hon Omang noted that “I’m always available to provide information about the operations of the assembly and not for anyone to use falsehood to create rifts between us and our constituents that are unnecessary”.

    Meanwhile, the Cross River State House of Assembly has received widespread criticism for summoning Mr Ejim Jonny Agogo, for raising false alarm on the monthly salary of assembly members.

    Majority to those who have aired their views, suggested that the assembly was supposed to have issues a rejoinder other than the summon.

  • Omang Holds Town Hall Meeting, Presents Scorecard, Institutes Scholarship

    Omang Holds Town Hall Meeting, Presents Scorecard, Institutes Scholarship

     

    The Minority Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly and the member representing Bekwarra State Constituency, Congressman Omang Charles Omang Esq, on Thursday the 5th of September, 2024 held a town hall meeting with his Constituents at the council hall of Bekwarra LGA secretariat in Abuochiche.

    The lawmaker while addressing the Constituents who came out in large numbers, thanked them for the support they gave to him by electing him to represent them in the Cross River State House of Assembly.

    Omang enumerated his achievements so far as a member representing Bekwarra for the past one year such as;
    1. Sponsoring a motion under matters of urgent public importance urging the State government to facilitate the release of a Professor in the university of Calabar who was kidnapped.
    2. Sponsoring a motion for the re-establishment of the boundary between Ijibor community and General Godwin Ally Cantonment in Ogoja.
    3. Sponsoring a motion for the payment of gratuity to retirees who have retired since 2009 without their benefits.
    4. Sponsoring a bill for the amendment of the customary court law which has passed second reading in the State Assembly.
    5. Sponsoring a bill for the protection of public property.
    6. ⁠Sponsoring a bill for the reform of the public service in Cross River State.

    He also noted that he has facilitated the recruitment of a Constituent into the Nigerian Police Force who is currently undergoing training, recruitment of two Bekwarra sons into the Cross River State Forestry Commission.

    The Congressman used the occasion to announce the inclusion of Ugboro, Ukpah, Okpeche road into the 2024 budget for reconstruction which has been approved by the governor, and the award of scholarship to 20 secondary school students from their SS1 to SS3 including payment of their WAEC fees drawn across the 10 political wards of Bekwarra.

    In attendance at the meeting were the Traditional Rulers Council led by the paramount Ruler of Bekwarra HRM Linus Ogbeche Odey; “Ushie Ebeshe kakpa 2”, the DPO of Bekwarra, Commandant of the NSCDC, Head of DSS, Head of SIB and other security agencies, as well as the State Chairman of NYCN.

    Also in attendance were NURTW Bekwarra chapter, Bekwarra cyclist Association, Widows association, Association of Artisans in Bekwarra, Christian Association Nigeria (CAN) Muslim community in Bekwarra, Ibo community, National Youth Council of Nigeria Bekwarra chapter.

    Barr Omang in his usual calm way took time to listen to questions and contributions as well as criticisms and responded to them appropriately.

    The high point of the event was the unveiling of the beneficiaries of the scholarship program which received accolade from the people.

  • Omang Calls On CRS Govt To Intervene In Ugboro -Abuochiche – Gakem Federal Highway

    Omang Calls On CRS Govt To Intervene In Ugboro -Abuochiche – Gakem Federal Highway

     

    The Minority Whip of the Cross River State House of Assembly and Member representing Bekwarra State Constituency, Congressman Omang Charles Omang Esq , on Tuesday 11th of September 2024, moved a motion under matters of urgent public importance calling on the Cross River State Government to immediately commence intervention works on the Ugboro -Abuochiche -Gakem axis of the Ogoja -Katsina Ala Highway.

    The lawmaker noted that the Ugboro -Abuochiche -Gakem axis of the Ogoja -Katsina Ala federal highway which is the only road linking the northern part of the country has become impassible for the past three months, and has forced commuters to divert through the already dilapidated internal road in Ugboro village, which has caused more hardship to the villagers.

    Omang stated that the situation has led to several clash between the frustrated commuters who are stuck in traffic and villagers in the area.

    In his prayers, Barr Omang, noted that

    1.  They were informed that the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) has awarded the contract and thanked them for awarding the contract for the reconstruction of the Ugboro -Abuochiche -Gakem axis of the Ogoja -Katsina Ala federal highway.

    2. Urge the contractor to quickly move to site and start the reconstruction of the road.
    3. Called on the Cross River State Government through the ministry of works and infrastructure to immediately begin an intervention and palliative works on the road to ameliorate the sufferings of the people, while awaiting the reconstruction of the road.