ENVIRONMENTAL activist, Comrade Sheriff Mulade, has urged appointees of the Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to furnish the governor with truthful and timely information regarding the state of deplorable roads in major cities such as Asaba, Warri, Ughelli, Sapele, Abraka, Agbor and other local government areas in Delta State.He said that rather than do this, the appointees, unfortunately, preferred to furnish the governor with the spurious situation of the state of roads, most of which are deplorable, in the state.
He affirmed that a tour around major cities within Delta has proved contrary to several political media reports claiming that several millions of Naira have been spent on road construction and rehabilitation that has earned the governor the sobriquet “Ekweume, the Road Master.”
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“It is important to state and inform Governor Okowa that there are no motorable roads in Delta cities and many of the riverine communities are deliberately deprived of development in spite of their huge contribution.
“The state government should do something about the bad condition of roads within major junctions of cities in the state.
“This will encourage the free flow of commercial activities, mobility and transportation before clamouring for the return of companies that left the state,” he admonished.
He added that mind-boggling number of political appointees of over 3, 203 with over N400 million as salaries should not be a feat to brag about, but should rather evoke a deep reflection in Deltans who are expecting a positive turn around in the socio-economic and developmental well-being of the state.
Comrade Mulade drew the attention of Gov Okowa’s to some abandoned projects by multinational companies in riverine communities who left the state due to insecurity and bad governance.
Mulade, who, however, acknowledged that Okowa has done his best as regards road construction, appealed to him to take over and complete the abandoned projects for the benefits of the people.
“Though His Excellency, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has done his best as regards road construction, however, government appointees should not go scrambling for contracts or fronting a company rather they should complement the governor’s efforts and ensure that contractor who abandons the project after mobilisation are prosecuted and blacklisted.
“We will give the Governor Okowa’s administration credit if he insists that the right thing is done to correct some obvious administrative imbalance.
“Incompetent contractors should not handle major projects in Delta State no matter their power of public relations or connections,” he averred.
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