Elumelu Flag Off More Constituency Projects In Aniocha/Oshimili

• Commended by Obi Martha Dunkwu for his achievements

The Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu has commenced construction of more projects in some of the communities across the four Local Government Areas within the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency.

The projects which includes; Information and Communication Technology, ICT centres, Ultramodern Community Town Halls, Farm Resorts, Ultramodern Store Houses and Ultramodern Palaces, are already infused into the nation’s 2022 budget.

Benefitting Communities are: Issele-Uku with ICT Centre and Community Town Hall; Okpanam with ICT Centre and Omu Palace; Ubulu-Okiti with ICT Centre; Otulu with Community Town Hall; Ashama with Community Town Hall; Ogwashi-Uku with Farm Resort; Issele-Asagba with Community Town Hall; Ubulu-Unor with Community Palace and Ubulu-Uku with Community Town Hall.

Some of the Projects like the ICT Centres in Okpanam and Ubulu-Okiti, Community Town Halls in Issele-Asagba and Ashama, had commenced four weeks ago and are now in advanced stages.

Others including; Construction of the ICT Centre and the Community Town Hall in Issele-Uku, the Omu Palace in Okpanam, the Ogwashi-Uku Farm Resort and the Ubulu-Uku Community Town Hall, commenced in earnest last week due to delay in land allocation and other challenges.

Construction work on the Illah Comprehensive Community Town Hall and that of Ubulu-Unor Obi’s Palace are yet to commence due to challenges which are being taken care, according to the Contractor, Chief Ken Agbalanze, who had also promised that the engineers will be mobilized to the various sites, in the next few weeks.

While affirming that all the constituency projects for the Minority Leader, within Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, including the Illah Comprehensive Community Town Hall, and the Ubulu-Unor Obi’s Palace, would be completed before the end of the 2022 budget year, the Contractor also assured that the construction of the Store House for the Appeal Court in Asaba will commence by next week.

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Speaking during a guided tour of the project sites, the site engineer, in charge of the Construction of the Issele-Uku ICT Centre and the Community Town Hall, Mr. Charles Ezenwa, said they waited for over four weeks before a place could be given to them for the two projects located in the community.

He added that the land was finally allocated Thursday last week and the preliminary pegging and foundation digging work commenced immediately, on the same day.

He assured that the two projects which have a six weeks completion period will be delivered in the second week of December, according to the contractual agreement.

The site engineer at the Ubulu-Okiti and Okpanam project also revealed that construction works on the ICT Centres in Ubulu-Okiti and Okpanam are in their advanced stages, expressing optimism that the projects, which were started about two weeks ago, will be deliver on or before the first week of December.

The site engineer at Okpanam confirmed that there was a temporary stoppage of work occasioned by the strike action presently embarked upon by truck owners and sand dredgers in Delta State which expected to be call off soon.

The work at the Issele-Azagba and Ashama Community Town Halls have progressed to advanced stage. The engineers on the two sites were optimistic  “barring any unforeseen circumstances”, they are on course to deliver the project on schedule and according to the job specifications.

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A visit to the construction sites of the Ubulu-Uku Community Town Hall and the Ogwashi-Uku Farm Resort projects, where work commenced late last week, revealed that block work at the foundation level at the Ubulu-Uku Community Town Hall project was ongoing, while site clearing at the Ogwashi-Uku Farm Resort project site had almost been completed.

Meanwhile, a renowned Community leader and advocate of the tradition and culture of the Anioma Nation in Delta State, Her Royal Majesty, Obi Martha Dunkwu, Omu Anioma and Nneoha, has commended Rt.Hon. Elumelu for his community developmental efforts across the various communities in the Federal Constituency.

Speaking with Journalists on Thursday October 13, 2022, in her Palace at Okpanam in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, Obi Dunkwu described Rt.Hon. Elumelu as a blessing, not only to the people of Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, but also to Anioma Nation, Delta State and Nigeria. She said that Rt. Hon. Elumelu has remained the man  with a Midas touch in representative democracy.

While praying to God to grant the Minority Leader the good health and strength to carry on with his proactive representation of the people, the renowned leader affirmed that Elumelu has continued to perform creditably well in his contract with the people of Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency. She noted that across Delta State, where there are other Federal Constituencies, Rt Hon. Elumelu’s Federal Constituency stands out in terms of constituency project delivery and attracting the dividends of democracy to the people.

“There is no community in our Federal Constituency that Ndudi has not touched one way or the other as our representative in the National Assembly. You know, as leaders of the people by the grace of God, we are everywhere and we hear everything.

Obi Dunkwu then congratulated the Minority Leader for the National Honours award conferred on him by the  Federal Government of Nigeria, saying that the Honour was well deserved. She urged the people of Aniocha/Oshimili to always appreciate the laudable commitment of Rt. Hon Ndudi Elumelu in Community development and National growth.

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The Omu Anioma also charged other members of the National, State and Local Assemblies to emulate Rt. Hon. Elumelu in his act of representative democracy.

She charged the people of Aniocha/Oshimili to vote overwhelmingly as usual, for Rt.Hon. Elumelu in the 2023 general election, to continue with his good representation of the people.

Obi Martha Dunkwu also prayed for the mother of the Minority Leader, asking the Lord God Almighty to continue to grant her good health and the gift of longevity.

She described Mama Elumelu as a great woman that God used to bring forth a great blessing in Rt. Hon. Ndudi Elumelu to the people of Aniocha/Oshimili, Delta State and Nigeria.