|Ukorebi Esien|19th October, 2017
According to a
statement made available to TDN, Mr. Ifere Paul’s postulation that the Delta
Development Commission led by Sen. Victor Ndoma Ebga is insensitive to the
plight of crossriverians as regards the Ogoja-Ikom-Calabar Highway is not to
say the least incorrect.
Recall that
TDN had reported earlier in a post titledIfere Paul attacks fellow party man for supporting Ayade’s super highway how Ifere Paul
accused Sen. Ndoma Ebga’s led NDDC of being insensitive to critical issues
Ifere’s
statement reads in part:
‘…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.
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.’
In what sounds
like a response to Ifere’s statement, the statement reads thus:
The Ogoja - Ikom - Calabar Highway is under the jurisdiction of the Federal
Ministry of works and not NDDC which is only an interventionist agency.
It went
further to disclaim that the agency did not initiated the partnership with
Cross River State Government in the construction of the 14 kilometer access
road to Bakassi deep sea Port but only yielded to the appeal of the Governor.
It said the
governor’s appeal fell in line with the determination of the current Board and
Management of the Commission to partner and not compete with Governors of
member states on their signature projects and other projects that are in line
with mandate of the interventionist agency.
Note that
the Super highway and Bakassi Deep Sea Port is one of the legacy projects of
the Cross River State Government who have requested partnership with NDDC
towards the realization of this project that would impact positively on the
economy of not only the State, but the entire Niger Delta Region and Nigeria as
a whole.
According
to findings made by our correspondence, the said road which has already claimed
one life while leaving two people with serious injuries is currently being
repaired as Sematech, an engineering company has been deployed to the site.
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