Oyinbi Onduku
Warri ______ The famous warri born ljaw highlife music maestro cum humanitarian, advocate for good governance and consistent agitator of freedom for self-determination for ljaw nation, Chief. Barrister S Smooth popularly known as the Paddle of Niger Delta has expressed displeasure and dissatisfaction over the deplorable condition of the strategic Orhor/Bomadi road that links ljaw and Urhobo riverine communities in Delta and Bayelsa States.
Smooth made the statement over the weekend while plying the road to perform at a show in Torugbene Town, Burutu local government area of the state regretted the negligence of the Delta State Government to engage a reputable construction giant companies like Julius Berger or Setraco to do a lasting standard job on the road for the people of Bomadi and others instead decided to use unknown company Niger Cat to do a substandard job on the very important project that will not last the test of time.
He expressed disappointment on the ljaw past and present political office holders for not speaking out for the people towards the dualization and speedy completion of the project rather keeping mute in their comfort zones leaving the common man to die daily on the bad Orhor/Bomadi road.
Smooth use this medium to call on ljaw traditional Rulers, political office holders in the House of Reps and Senate, State House of Assembly and local council chairmen to rise up and take drastic action by drawing the attention of the government led by His Excellency, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori towards speedy completion of the road for the benefit of the common man in the rural areas who voted him into power, he stated.
Read below full details of the statement:
ORHOR/BOMANDI ROAD, A CALL FOR CONCERN
Let this be a wake-up call to our perceived leaders in government, that the ORHOR/BOMANDI road being handled by Niger Cat Construction Company is extremely below standard. My experience going through it recently was heartbroken. My curiosity is that, what is Niger Cat? How many roads has Niger Cat done in Delta state? What happened to the big companies like SETRACO and others known for great construction works in Delta state and beyond?
This is why I can't keep my mouth shut, for a real man dies the day he keeps quiet while his people have been enslaved? I can't be a slave to such actions at all. For this is what we see when it comes to Izon matters, always treated as second class, even here in our own state amongst our brothers in the Niger Delta.
To continue with the deception, I saw a stupid white man in the middle of the road as if all is right. Painfully this is one road linking to our rural communities, yet our leaders past and present could not speak of the injustice done to it. Even when we had our own son in the almighty Ministry of Niger Delta. In my silence I cried, who did this to us thinking of the many lives lost on that bad road.
My heart bleeds when I saw the road with the same political tactics of working without finishing. This is not right. This is wickedness on the parts of our leaders who see this wrong but decided to look the other way.
For this non- challant attitude of employing stupid companies without dignity, we have our Ayakoromo bridge lying there like a woman rejected by her husband. Close to it, is the Gbaregolo bridge cut into two, with the same careless abandoned.
It is my appeal to our leaders in the Senate, House of Reps, locl government Chairman, Kings, and Leaders of Thought to rise up to their responsibilities or history will spite on their graves.
May the spirit of Pa E. K. Clark rise among us!
Freedom is our goal!
I remain Chief Barrister S Smooth, the Paddle of Niger Delta.
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