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Services Front Page Back Page Advert Rates Subscription News Home National International Business News Abuja Reports Sports Politics Sun Girl Editorial Editorial Issues Letters Opinion Columnists Community Standard Guestbook View Guestbook Sun Chatroom   Features Apettit Arts BlockBuster CEO Magazine Celebrity Fashion City Sun Crime Watch Covert Choice CyberSun Enterprise Everyday Heroes Exquisite Property Fashion & Celebrity Fashion & Beauty Favourite File Health Magazine How I write Life Style Living Mafia Series Man in the street Man in the pulpit Managing a Law Firm Me & My God Media People Money Motoring Power Game Romance Romantic Faction Senior Citizen Showtime Smoking Guns Sun Splash Sunlight of Islam Travels Window of the world Window on widows Woman of the Sun Women in Business Women & Me Videoscope Weekend Sun Saturday Sun Sunday Sun Weekend Sports Weekend Cartoons Company Profile About Us Management Contact Us   Body charges NDDC on riverine areas By HENRY CHUKWURAH, Port Harcourt Wednesday, October 27, 2004 National Index The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has been urged to invest in mobility in the riverine communities of the Niger Delta region. In the reasoning of the President of the Niger Delta Enlightenment Network, Chief Salvation Agele-Oba, such a move on the part of the commission would enhance the lot of the communities. Speaking during an interview with Daily Sun in Port Harcourt, Chief Agele-Oba urged the NDDC to rush to the rescue of the riverine communities with engine-powered boats as it aids their upland counterparts with vehicles. "The NDDC should do what it does for the upland communities. The riverine people need boats to ease their mobility problems." This is because transportation is more expensive in the riverine areas and these boats are difficult and very expensive to purchase by individuals. "Besides, the bulk of the oil wealth’s which funds the commission’s projects and the entire nation comes from the riverine areas." Chief Agele-Oba reasoned that apart from alleviating the transportation problems of the people, the procurement of more boats for them would enhance the movement of foodstuffs and other essential items from and to the areas. The Niger Delta Enlightenment Network boss also called for the construction of "the first approved road for the Niger Delta zone" which was initiated in 1964 to link Yenagoa with Peremabori Ricefield in Bayelsa State. According to him the rice farm was the first in the region. He appealed to the NDDC to take up the road project, which he said, would enhance the movement of rice to needy urban areas and reduce the cost of the staple food as well as make life better for farmers at the ricefield. On the raging ex-convict saga involving Governor James Ibori of Delta State, Chief Agele-Oba advised that the matter should be shelved until after the governor’s tenure. He called for the resignation and prosecution of the INEC officials who cleared the governor in the first place, adding that the matter should not unduly be politicised.         HOME | ABOUT THE SUN | SPORTS | POLITICS | NEWS | COLUMNISTS | CONTACT US I ADVERT RATE © 2004 THE SUN PUBLISHING LTD. This service is provided on The Sun Newspapers' standard terms and conditions in accordance with our Privacy Policy. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material and other inquiries, Contact Us.

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