Stop being mischievous, we’re not distressed, DESOPADEC replies Delta APC

THE Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), recently advised the Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop the mischief that the interventionist agency is distressed under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led government.

The commission, in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri and signed by the Head of Media and Public Affairs Unit of DESOPADEC, Mrs Chinenye Ezonfade, stated that the Commission had, rather, recorded giant strides in critical infrastructure, indelible human capital development in spite of the COVID-19.

It further stated that the noble objectives of the commission had continued to inspire and guide every undertaking of the management since its establishment in 2007.

According to the commission, since the administration of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, the commission had been proactively reengineered along the basic corporate template that coheres with international best practices.

The commission stated that it operates a bottom-up approach whereby its mandate areas-communities determine and request prioritised projects which the commission diligently grants and executes to the letter.

“This acclaimed practice has ensured that there are no abandoned projects throughout our mandate areas.

“Let us state very clearly that the governor does not interfere in the running of the commission, instead his support and encouragement had been a tonic responsible for our successes.

“Therefore, a normal staff audit, that every responsible corporate body should carry out at intervals, should not call for infantile innuendos.

“In every sector that spans housing, education, power, water, land reclamation, transportation, health and human capital development, the commission has been minded to make an indelible impact in the mandate areas, all of which are documented in print and electronic media,” the statement added.

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