INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: Ijaw Youth Council Solicits State, Fed. Govts Intervention
By Simeon OSAJIE
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has appealed to Edo State and Federal governments to improve the infrastructural development in all the Ijaw areas across the country in order to fast track the socio economic situation in their various communities.
This is the position of the IYC at a press conference in Benin City, Edo State capital.
The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) is the umbrella which the tribe has been agitating for improved development in their region over the years.
Speaking on behalf of the group, Chief Robinson Ogunkoru, Speaker and Chairman, Ijaw National Congress INC, Nicholas Igarama, Financial Secretary, IYC Western Zone and Omaghomi Olu-Derimon, Secretary IYC Western Zone Lead Speaker while appreciating Governor Godwin Obaseki for the dissolution of his cabinet said the Ijaw people should be graciously considered into the new cabinet of the state.
They said the state government should also intensify efforts at separating political wards, local government and constituencies to be created for Ijaw communities.
The spokespersons also appealed to the Governor Obaseki to complete the Gelegele Seaport, Benin Gelegele dualization and the electrification of Udo-Inikorogha Ofunama Road projects started by the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
They also added that Ministry of Niger-Delta Affairs have not made any meaningful impact in Edo State Ijaw Communities and solicited for the construction of primary and secondary schools in Furupagha Clan in the state.
Other members of the IYC said the aforementioned demands need urgent attention in Ovia North, South-West and Ikpoba Okha local government areas of the state.
They also reminded the relevant authorities on the construction of Zide-Okomu Road and the Skills Acquisition Centres at Gelegele started by the Presidential Amnesty Programme without further delay.
