Member representing Rivers state in The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Chief Hon. Tony Okocha has charged Omerelu community to ensure that they protect Government property against vandals in order to attract More government projects to the community.
Chief Okocha gave the charge at the commissioning of solar light provided for omerelu community by the Nddc on may 15, 2024.
Okocha said that solar is one policy enunciated and implemented by the present Nddc board, pointing out that with the solar electrification, the economic activities in omerelu community would blossom, adding that solar also eliminates criminality in a community.
According to Okocha, omerelu solar light is the 3rd solar street light installed by the Nddc board and commissioned by him, including Bane in Khanna local government area and Rumuigbo in obio/ Akpor.
He posited that omerelu solar light is the best among other solar street light so far installed by the present Nddc board.
He commended omerelu community for their cooperation with the contractor, even as he expressed joy with the contractor for completing the job on specification.
Also speaking, member representing Delta state in the Nddc board, Rt Hon. Monday Ogbuya, who commissioned the solar street light at omerelu said that the people of omerelu did not write to the Nddc board for any project, pointing out that his colleagues in the board Hon. Tony Okocha, who represents Rivers in the Nddc board decided to give omerelu community a solar street light because of the love he has for the community.
Hon. Monday however enjoined the people to try and protect the property, because, according to him, people were found of destroying government property even as he also advised other communities in RIvers state what benefited from the Nddc projects to guard their own property to expect more in future.
Earlier, Chairman, Omopi village, in omerelu community, Chief Geoffrey U. Amadi on behalf of omerelu community expressed gratitude to Hon. Tony Okocha for bringing solar street light to omerelu community.
Chief Amadi opined that omerelu community shares boundary with imo state and being the last community in Ikwerre local government area has security risk, adding that with the solar street light the community can now sleep with their eyes closed.
Amadi also noted that omerelu community is large and that Omopi alone has 16 villages.
He used the opportunity to appeal to Nddc through Tony Okocha for the construction of Community Town Hall, as well as to connect omerelu to the national grid, including youths and women empowerment through establishment of various skills and loans for the period.
Meanwhile, on receiving Tony Okocha and the members of the entourage at the palace of Nye Nwe Eli Omerelu , HRH, Eze Engr. Ben Ugo thanked Tony Okocha and his team for the visit as well as bring solar street light to omerelu community.
Eze ugo, who was represented by one of his cabinet members, and former Registrar, Ignatius Ajuru university of Education,Rumuolumeni, Chief Elder Livinus Didia affirmed that omerelu community are happy with Hon. Tony Okocha and Samuel Egbuku led Nddc board and assured that the community would guard the project jealously, adding that to reciprocate what Okocha has done for omerelu community, he would be invited for a conferenment of chieftaincy title by the Nye Nwe Eli of Omerelu, Eze Engr. Ben. Ugo.
High point of the event was presentation of food items to Hon. Okocha by omerelu community as a mark or sign of gratitude.