The Ijaw Your Council, IYC, Worldwide has said roads leading to the Niger Delta region are bad, urging the Federal Ministry of Works to urgently rehabilitate the East-West road, particularly the Rivers, Bayelsa to Delta section.
In a new year message signed by Amb. Binebai Yerin Princewill, IYC spokesman, and sent to the Federal Government, International Oil Companies, Niger Delta Governors and interventionist agencies on Wednesday, the council said the government should act fast before their demands degenerates into a protest.
“Worthy of note also is the construction of the Udo-Ofunama road, the NDDC should prioritise the urgent construction of that project as it means so much to the Ijaw and Niger Delta people.
“That road is the only access road leading to Egbema Kingdom. Egbema Kingdom is an Ijaw kingdom, a major oil producing kingdom in Niger Delta that is in Edo and Delta States. This important road project has lingered for too long, the current NDDC has a moral duty to carry on with this project,” it stated.
“The Ijaw people have resolved that interventionist agencies established to make life more meaningful and by extension add more value to the development of the region must begin to in practical terms live up to the expectations of our people and the region.
“Interventionist agencies like the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Niger Delta Ministry and other related agencies must know that what we need now is the physical manifestation of projects in our communities.
“There should be no excuse this time around for our places to be developed. The Niger Delta Development has been stagnated for too long.”
