DESOPADEC: Agediga Charges Stakeholders Of Host Communities Maximum Cooperation To Fast Track Development To Their Region

DESOPADEC: Agediga Charges Stakeholders Of Host Communities Maximum Cooperation To Fast Track  Development To Their Region

...Promises To Protect Ijaw Interest, Host Communities, Other Interest Groups

Francis Tayor

Warri_____ The Executive Director of Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS) in the board of Delta State Oil Producing  Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Comrade Shadrack Agediga has called on critical stakeholders, serious minded groups from the region to cooperate with the new board of the commission in order to fast track development to host communities.

The Executive Director also assured adequate protection of ljaw interest, host communities and the youths from the region, stressing that the new management board has made arrangement to embark on human capital development programmes, as well as women empowerment.

Comrade Agediga made the statement on Monday 19th August, 2019 at his office in Warri, during playing host to a team of Delta ljaw Activists, Media Practitioners and the Comrade Community led by Comr.Austin Ozobo, stressing that his office is always open to serious minded interest groups who have the development of ljaw nation at heart.

In his words, Agediga said; " l appreciate the timely visit of the Comrade Community.  Our new vision of the management is transparency. Every developmental issues must involved all critical stakeholders from the host communities."

Highlighting the organogram and the new vision of the organization   he said; " The Commission have MD at the top with four Executive Directors, as well as ethnic Commissioners each representing the various ethnic nationality in the commission.

The new management board will be operating a system known as 'Bottom to Top' development approach, whereby the host communities will decide what they want, and not the other way round. We follow need assessment to fast track development."

He therefore, charged host communities,  stakeholders and interest groups to cooperate with the new board, stressing that the commission is ready to work with any serious minded group with the interest of ljaw development at heart,
Comrade Agediga stated.

However, in given vote of thanks on behalf of the Comrade Community, the SSA to the Governor of Delta State on Security, Comrade Daniel Ezekiel thank the Executive Director for his warm welcome. He pledges to work with him in hand to hand in order to bring the needed development to ljaw communities.