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11 Facts About Stella Omu

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Stella Unuezi Omu was born on 22 December 1946 and is a Nigerian politician who was elected Senator on the People's Democratic Party platform in 1999 for the Delta South Senatorial District of Delta State.

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Stella Omu's husband is retired Major-General Paul Omu, formerly Military Governor of South-Eastern State, Nigeria.

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Stella Omu is the mother of three daughters and three sons.

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Stella Omu was an assistant Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, and retired from the civil service as Controller of the Prisons Service.

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Stella Omu was a member of the committee on devolution of power constituent assembly.

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In May 2001, Stella Omu denied allegations of financial impropriety against the Senate led by Anyim Pius Anyim, maintaining that they were unfounded and would have been discovered by auditors if real.

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In June 2002, after a supreme court ruled that the National Assembly did not have the power to make laws for the governance of the local governments, Stella Omu started the process of amending the relevant provisions of the 1999 constitution.

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8.

Stella Omu ran for the PDP nomination for reelection in 2003, but lost to James Manager, a former Delta State commissioner for Works in the James Ibori cabinet.

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In June 2003, Stella Omu called on the national Assembly to quickly pass the bill for the establishment of National Agency for the Social Welfare of Nigeria Citizens.

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Stella Omu served as a member of the National Political Reform Conference in 2005.

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Stella Omu was a member of a committee set up by the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party to review why the party lost the 2019 presidential election.