Osarodion Ogie is no doubt a remarkable striker in the field of play in Edo politics.
Foraying into the murky waters of politics, one would think that Ogie would have been stained with the various oily resolutions that daily play out in our political chessboard. The reverse, however, has been the case.
Osarodion Ogie has held on tenaciously to the ideas of transparency, equity, justice, fairness, making supreme sacrifices, riding the open-door policy better than any man alive.
In Edo State, the history of developmental politics will not be better written without capturing succinctly the sterling contributions of our outgone SSG. In every administration that Osarodion Ogie features, he makes things easy and eloquent for the “Oga at the top”, building blocks of institutionalized unity, solidifying the very foundations that hold together our corporate existence.
Ogie started his life early enough in Eghosa Grammar School, Benin City, went further to read law at the University of Ife as well as the Nigerian Law School, where he bagged LL.B and BL, respectively.
A calm and extraordinary gentleman with an unapologetic knack for excellence and perfection, we have seen Osarodion Ogie on several occasions invest heavily to get the job done, giving no attention to excuses or procrastination.
Having played the enviable roles of Chief of Staff, Commissioner, and Director General, Osarodion Ogie comes with a ready and unassailable experience to champion the cause of the new Edo project in a more tasking role that now stares graciously at him.
A trusted and reliable ally, Osarodion Ogie possesses a philosophy of protecting the sanctity of the institution he belongs, chesting out decisively to back it up.
In 2020, during the Obaseki/Oshiomhole feud, Edo people witnessed the military role Ogie played to protect the sanctity of the Obaseki-led administration against external invasion. While several other political officials jumped ship to massage Oshiomhole’s back, Ogie stood firm and unshaken, walking the path of uncertainty with Obaseki and the rest of Edo people. In the end, however, Edo people, Obaseki, and Ogie triumphed.
A sound manager of men and materials, Osarodion Ogie, having successfully managed the portfolio of secretary to government for almost sixteen (16) years, helping the Obaseki-led administration to navigate the hurdles therein, noiselessly, Ogie has championed sound and age-long policies that heralded landmark reforms in Edo, preparing the grounds for sustainable developmental framework.
No doubt, August 9, 2024 will remain a memorable and evergreen event when pen-pushers will pen down the historical factors that changed political narratives in Edo pre- and post-Ogie era; but then, no history would have been successfully documented without Ogie in the middle. Ogie is a priceless asset to the Edo community.
A peacemaker, a lawyer, administrator, a dependable bridge between the elite and the people, a colossus and quintessential developer whose influence stretches way beyond his local community in Ugbekun, Ward 7, Ikpoba-Okha. Osarodion Ogie has built structures of human capacity development and visionary leadership across the length and breadth of Edo.
Bowing out of office gracefully, the real homeboy lives vacant a shoe that may be difficult to wear, considering the emotional intelligence, capacity, competence, character, resourcesfulness, skill set, and public appeal he has attracted to the office of secretary to government, traits that readily prepare him for tough times.
Today, Edo stands on a developmental watershed, waiting in the wings for the best hands to nurture her. Governor Godwin Obaseki has recalibrated Edo’s socio-economic base, showcasing her potential to the global community. Edo is now set for a revolutionized industrialization, capable of setting her over and above established economic hubs in Nigeria. Osarodion Ogie, alongside Asue Ighodalo, stands ready, tall and determined to lubricate that revolutionary movement.
With Ogie as deputy to Ighodalo, having eloquently mastered the Edo economic terrain, the duo can be trusted to quickly develop progressive economic policies aimed at enhancing the sustainability of ongoing reforms in Edo, the revolutionary civil and public service revamp, the institutional recalibration, and the infrastructure remodelling set to be bestowed on them by the Obaseki-led government this November.
We are pleased to have the detribalized Benin-born Osarodion Ogie sufficiently involved in this all-important race. Having learnt the ropes of administration, Ogie comes with cognate experience needed to actualize the “prosperity for all” agenda on which the incoming Asue-Ogie administration, God-willing, will be built.
May we all stand up, with a resounding ovation to our leader, father, brother, son, and friend, the humane, clement, tolerant, generous, graceful and quintessential Osarodion Ogie, as he hangs his boots after an unblemished almost 16-year dint as Secretary to Edo State Government.
See you soon on the other side of government, leader.
