The Chairman, Ijaw Youths Must Move Forward IYMMF, Patani LGA. Hon. Owutuamor Odu Dennis led the entire members of the organization and masses from the Patani aixs to stage a protest over the abandoned road Construction work of Patani, Agoloma, Toru-Apelebiri, Toru- Agiama and Udouphori Communities to Bomadi and to Ohoru express junction.
The road was awarded to Okmas Engineering Company Ltd by the Niger Delta Development commission (NDDC) in 2013, during the administrator of Nigeria former President, Goodluck Jonathan.
It was gathered that the company only mobilize to site in 2013 and attempt to construct a little drainage from the Patani end and Abandon the entire project and has left the communities to their fate from 2013 to date.
Speaking on behalf of the entire Ijaw Youths Must Move Forward, Hon. Owutuamor said, we condemned in entirety this dastardly act of Okmas Engineering Company Ltd and any other Company associated with the abandonment of projects in Patani and Bomadi LGA of Delta State.
He said, “I us this medium to call on the Honourable Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs, HE. Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, Chairman Forensic Audit. Committee Dr. Cairo Ojougboh and the Members of the Interim Management Committee to take a special notice of Okmas Engineering Company as they continue with their Contractors verification exercise and if the company is found wanting, whatever disbursement that has been made to her be recovered and be prosecuted accordingly.
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He noted that; the road construction work should be revoked and awarded to a more competent company to handle the construction work.
Our people are suffering, this lack of access road has cost them so much as the major occupation of them is farming and they face hardship of moving their farms produced to other parts of the state as a result of absence of access road.
Owutuamor, added that; the NDDC Interim Management Committee will do the needful as HE. Sen. Akpabio is determined to developing the Niger Delta region and with this call, he will act accordingly.
I thank the Chairman of Toru-Agiama Community for bringing this evil act by the Okmas Engineering to the knowledge of IYMMF. Collectively we shall continue to expose all those behind the underdevelopment of the Niger Delta region.
