Agediga Bags First Delta Ijaw Comrade Community Exemplary Leadership Award, As Pondi, Mulade, Edema, Amgbaduba, Naingba, Others Eulogizes Shedrack As A Perfect Gentleman

Agediga Bags First Delta Ijaw Comrade Community Exemplary Leadership Award, As Pondi, Mulade, Edema, Amgbaduba, Naingba, Others Eulogizes Shedrack As A Perfect Gentleman

Francis Tayor

Warri____ The Executive Director of Planning, Research and Statistics (PRS) in the Board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DEDESOPADEC), Amb. Comrade Shedrack Agediga has bagged to himself the first ever brown new Delta Ijaw Comrade Community Exemplary Leadership Award in recognition of his philanthropic, selfless and humanitarian services to humanity across the Niger Delta, Nigeria and beyond.

The epoch making event took place at the weekend in Warri, attracted so many dignitaries including; the member representing Burutu Federal Constituency at National Assembly, Rt Hon. Julius Pondi, who doubles as the Chairman of the event, a renowned global peace ambassador cum rights activist, Amb Comr. Sheriff Mulade, who was the guest speaker at the event, the Commissioner for Oil and Gas Delta State, Chief Emman Amgbaduba, the Chairman PDP Delta South, Chief Dr. Julius Takeme, the National President Ijaw Women Connect, Comrade Rosemary Naingba who was the Mother of the Day, Apostle Godspower Tomone, Hon. Tom Willy, Hon. Benike Joseph, the management of DESOPADEC Board, Ogulagha youth body, NABLOGS, the Press among other personalities too numerous to mentioned.

Addressing the gathering, the Chairman Central working Committee of Delta ljaw Comrade Community 2019 Maiden Symposium, Comrade Austin Ozobo appreciated everyone present to witness the occasion. He stressed that Amb. Agediga has distinguished himself from among leaders in the Niger Delta to be honoured by Delta Ijaw Comrade Community today. This award is not political neither monetary, rather it is based on Agediga kind gesture and humanitarian services to the less privileged ones in our society over the years. More persons would be recognized in our subsequent edition according to your leadership style, and how many lives you have affected positively with your God given wealths in the society. Once more, l thank you all for coming and make yourselves comfortable for the rest of the programme, Comr Ozobo stated.

Presenting the award on behalf of the group, a federal lawmaker, RT. Hon. Julius Pondi, said ” You are being given this award due to your Sterling track record on peaceful activism in developing humanity and campaign for good governance. You have touched lives in different shades and on behalf of the Delta State Ijaw Comrades family, I present this plaque to you to say thank you and to encourage you to do more to help humanity and mankind” he said.

In his response, Amb. Shedrack Agediga expressed shock over his choice by his brothers for the award. He noted that the award would encourage him to work harder by defending the truth and justice at all level through peaceful, tactical and proactive developmental agitation.

He admonished the members of the Delta State Ijaw comrade family to work harder, be proactive and objective in their agitation to help the Ijaw nation to a greater heights.

He charged them to always take their education seriously by preparing themselves academically enough to wait for opportunities, saying that modern day activism needs a well equipped and sound education to be able to tackle with the modem day challenges.

On his part, while delivering his lecture, the Guest Speaker at the event, Comrade Amb. Sheriff Mulade charged Ijaw youths to be engaged in education, saying education is the key to break the yoke of poverty, ignorance and under development. He thanked the organisers for the maiden day Ijaw symposium to address critical areas affecting the nation with the attendant challenges in Niger Delta.

He expressed displeasure of the number of Ijaw students who aspire to obtain Msc, PH.D and professorial titles. According to him, in other parts of Nigeria, Msc, PH.D holders are rampart which give the regions upper edge ahead of Ijaw nation.

He admonished Ijaws to stop the pull him down syndrome and always support one another just as the Ijaw comrades giving honour to their elder brother Amb. Shradrack Agediga in order to encourage him to do more in his capacity to help mankind and service to humanity.

In their Goodwill messages, Chairman of the occasion, Rt.Hon. Julius Pondi, Commissioner for Oil and Gas, Chief. Emman Amgbaduba, Comrade Rosemary Graham Naingba, President Ijaw Connect, Hon. Barr. John Nani have extolled the virtues of the recipient  as they described him as a perfect gentleman of uprightness, dogged fighter and above all a God fearing man who uses his God given talents and wealths to better the society through activism and service to mankind, the statement adds.