By
Marxist Eghaghe Fame
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| Barrister Vincent Uwadiae EDSOGPADEC Commisioner |
We have realized lately that the Edo State
Oil and Gas producing area development commission (EDSOGPADEC) which was
suppose to serve as the engine of development for all oil producing local
government in Edo State has become more of a personal trade venture and
historical threat against the local dwellers in the oil and gas producing rich
in the Country. The reason for my assertion bore down to the rate of
development we have seen on ground which is not commensurate to the entire
money received so far since the establishment of the said rescue commission
called EDSOGPADEC since 2010 after Larry Ogieva, the first chairman of the
commission handed over to Barrister Vincent Uwadiae and his corrupt crew who
now take the development of Orhionmwon and all other Oil and Gas producing
communities in the State for granted.
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| Hon. Fidelis Okunzuwa, former Orhionmwon commissioner EDSOGPADEC |
We have resolved to strongly be against the
re-awarding of any previously awarded EDSOGPADEC project and extra spending on
any past project from the newly budgeted income of EDSOGPADEC which is meant to
be used for the execution of new projects for the year 2015 in Orhionmwon. We
hereby call on Barrister Vincent Uwadiae who was opportune to be the chairman
of the past and present constituted EDSOGPADEC board and Hon. Fidelis Okunzuwa
who last represented Orhionmwon as commissioner to account for all monies that
were meant for the Execution of those uncompleted projects Littered around
Communities in Orhionmwon.
We have decided to begin to cry out to the
hearing of the entire world because we the people of Orhionmwon are no more
comfortable being the proverbial Goose that lays the golden egg yet remain the
sick man of Edo State...
1.
We demand the
Electrification of the entire Orhionmwon which remain the engine house of Edo
State Oil wealth, we demand a better Central Hospital in Orhionmwon.
2.
we demand safe and portable drinking Water for
the local dweller as the water that we drink have been poisoned due to gas
flaring during the blow out of oil rigs that releases carbon monoxide to the
air which have also polluted the air that we breath in, which have paved way
for high mortality rate of our people and lose of Soil nutrient from our farm
lands.
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| abandoned solar water system in Iwevbo community Orhionmwon LGA, Edo State |
3.
We also demand massive
youths human capacity building yearly with financial empowerment as a startup
capital for any Orhionmwon youths who are being trained in the exercise so as
to discourage many of our youths from becoming nuisance to the world as illegal
immigrants.
4.
We demand also the mass employment of
Orhionmwon graduate Youths by all the Oil multinationals and all Oil and Gas
Agencies in Edo State.
Failure for our demands to be meant, we
shall continue our peaceful campaign by involving all international Human
Rights NGOs for the protection of the Human rights of our people. No government
agency can take our rights and local government away from us because Human
right is our property, for the right of man was never given by the generosity
of the state but by the almighty God alone.
We call on all Orhionmwon sons and
daughters home and abroad to join our resource control Liberation Struggle,
which will enable us enjoy the dividend of our land oil resource else our
children will ask us questions some days. We have nothing to lose as many of us
are ready to give our lives as sacrificial lamb to Orhionmwon Struggle because
we are tired of begging those government agencies that are saddled with
developmental responsibilities to develop our land.
For Herold once say and I quote him that ‘Struggle
is used to water the tree of freedom and for only through Struggle that freedom
cometh’.
Hear us Environmental Justice
international! Hear us Amnesty international! Hear us friends of the earth
international! And hear Human Right Watch international for our cry and demands
are very obtainable and justifiable.
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