|Ukorebi Esien | 19th October, 2017
Ifere Paul an
online activist and social commentator cum whistle blower has expressed his disappointment over his
fellow party man Sen. Victor Ndoma Ebga’s decision to support the Cross River
governor’s signature project – Supper high way
Sen. Victor
Ndoma who decamped from the people’s Democratic Party to APC after the 2015
elections where he lost the party’s primaries to Sen. John Owan Enoh is
currently the Chairman of Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC.
Recall that recently
a delegation from NDDC led by Sen. Egba paid the state governor a courtesy
visit where the NNDC pledged to key into the Governor’s signature project, the
deep sea port and super highway. As a way of supporting the project, the NNDC
will be constructing a 14 kilometer dual carriage road from Calabar to link up
with the deep sea port.
This
development did not go down well with Mr. Ifere Paul who took to his usual
platform- facebook to blast Sen. Ndoma Ebga as well as expressing his
disappointment in him.
‘I feel so worried that we
don't pay attention to the most pressing issues. Our leaders are often
overtaken by rhetoric, and unsubstantiated white elephants projects.’ Paul lamented
Paul said that
he felt disgusted and caught a fever down his stomach when he read that the
Ndoma Egba led NDDC have decided to collaborate with the state government to
constructs a 14 kilometer road linking the deep sea port (a project which he
refers to as Non-existence) instead of attending to critical issues like the
deplorable state of the Ogoja-Ikom-Calabar High way that has currently a death
trap and is reported to have injured to near death no fewer than 3 persons
‘Who is using the deep seaport now? Who is using the superhighway
now? Would Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba use the super highway to travel to his
village at this point in time?’ Paul
Questioned
Mr. Ifere
Paul’s statement reads in full
I'm So Sad.
I feel so worried that we don't pay attention to the most pressing
issues. Our leaders are often overtaken by rhetoric, and unsubstantiated white
elephants projects.
On the 9th of October, I made an SOS appeal to Senator Victor
Ndoma-Egba, Chairman NDDC, on the deplorable conditions of the
Ogoja-Ikom-Calabar Highway that has given way around Biase LGA.
It is a thing of concern that no fewer than 3 persons has been
reportedly injured with life threatening injuries at that spot as their vehicle
capsized into the depression on the highway around Biase.
It is in fact sad that at a moment when the NDDC Chairman should
have used his authority to attract intervention on that spot, he chose instead
to go give his support to the nonexistent superhighway and deep seaport.
Reading articles about Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba visit to Governor
Ben Ayade in Calabar, and pledging support for the construction of 14 Kilometers
of the deep seaport road makes me sick to the stomach.
Who is using the deep seaport now? Who is using the superhighway
now? Would Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba use the super highway to travel to his village
at this point in time?
I am seriously disappointed by the type of leadership we have in
Cross River State now. I feel disgusted right now.
What is not certain here is whether Mr. Paul’s anger towards
his party man is because the NDDC that is led by an APC man is supporting a PDP
led state project or the fact that he does not believe in the said White
elephant project or may be on the other hand, does he think the NDDC chairman
is insensitive to the urgent needs of the people?
Ukorebi Esien writes from Calabar
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