Prominent Ijaw sons from Delta State extraction have commended Governor Sheriff Oborevwori for creating Ministry of Riverine Infrastructure aimed at addressing developmental needs of the coastal communities in the state.
Chief Ebikeme Clark, the newly sworn-in and pioneer Commissioner for Riverine Infrastructure commended Governor Oborevwori for listening to the cry of the riverine dwelling communities, by creating a separate ministry for their development.
Clark who expressed appreciation over his appointment and the creation of the new ministry by the state government said that in few years to come, the infrastructure gap between communities in the hinterlands and riverine communities would be balanced and be a thing of the past.
Clark, who spoke with journalists after the inauguration ceremony in Asaba, thanked God for using Governor Oborevwori to heed to the major demand of coastal dwellers.
According to him, after the creation of Delta State Capital Territory Development Agency, Asaba and the Warri/Uwvie Development Authority (WUEDA) by the past administration, the people living in the riverine communities felt shortchanged and being forgotten.
“But our amiable Governor Oborevwori in his wisdom saw the need to create this ministry to address the infrastructural deficit in the riverine communities in the state.”
He urged the people to be patient with government, adding that the current administration led by Governor Oborevwori was poised to develop every part of the state.
Also, Bayelsa State Commissioner for Ijaw Affairs, Chief Godspower Oporomo, who oversees Ijaw matters in all Ijaw speaking local government areas in other states, who spoke via telephone call described Oborevwori gesture as divine intervention to ameliorate the aged long suffering of the riverine people.
