Traditional rulers to monitor projects in Delta, says governor

TRADITIONAL rulers of communities where Delta State government is executing projects, henceforth, will be involved in the monitoring of such projects to check excesses of contractors who abandon their work after they have been mobilised.The state governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, gave the indication, recently, in Asaba, when he received the newly installed traditional ruler of Oruarive-Abraka Kingdom, Akpomeyoma Majoroh, Ojeta 11.He said that the traditional rulers were expected to raise an alarm if contractors, particularly those who hail from the benefiting communities, refuse to execute the job after collecting mobilisation fees.Uduaghan said that the involvement of the traditional rulers in the monitoring of projects had become neccesary to avoid a situation where contractors collect money and abandon the projects.'The new strategy we are using, we will try as much as possible to involve the traditional rulers in the monitoring of projects in the communities, especially if the contractor is an indigene,' he stated.He drew the attention of the entire Abraka community to projects cited by the State Oil Mineral Areas Development Commission in the area, which were abandoned by an indigene of the area after collecting the money for the projects.He assured the entire Abraka community that no level of distraction would dissuade him from bringing development to the community adding that in spite of political distractions, his relationship with the community would remain cordial at all times.His words: 'Let me use this opportunity to assure the Abraka people that I have no problem with Abraka people. I have never had problem with Abraka people ' so let me assure the Abraka people that I have no problem with them, one or two persons may have political differences with me, but that does not affect my relationship with the Abraka people.'The Ovie of Orhuarivie-Abraka, Akpomeyoma Kajoroh, Ojeta 11 expressed appreciation to the governor for the recognition, saying that the state government's presentation of staff of office to him had stopped an over one hundred years interregnum of kingship in the the community.
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