The people of Ekiugbo Community in Ughelli North Local Government area of the state have described Senator Ifeanyi Okowa as a purposeful and visionary leader whose administration’s policies are strategic towards enhancing the living standard of Deltans.
A member of the Delta State Bursary and Scholarship Board and the President of the Ekiugbo Community Development Union (EDU), Hon. Orishedere Sunny, who stated this in Ekiugbo while speaking on the achievements of the state governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and the 25 years anniversary of the creation of the state, said a lot had been achieved, especially in the area of infrastructures such as road construction, empowerment and job creation aimed at making the teeming youth self-reliant.
Speaking shortly after the first entry visit embarked upon by the officials of the Community-Driven Development Social Implementation Unit (CDDSIU), led by its Project Director, Mrs. A.A Orubu, Hon. Orishedere Sunny, however, commended Senator Ifeanyi Okowa for the payment of the state counterpart contribution for the World Bank and European Union assisted scheme, stressing that the initiative had provided the framework for rural Communities in the state to benefit from the programme.
He disclosed that the decision to attract the project to his country home, Ekiugbo was borne out of the love he had for his people and to develop the Community, while calling on well meaning individuals in the society to take advantage of the scheme to enhance the socio-economic well-being of their localities.
Hon. Orishedere Sunny, who is a Ph.D holder in Information and Communication Technology, harped on the need for government at all levels and good spirited individuals to shift focus to ICT, adding that approach would have overbearing impact on all spheres of human endeavours.
The board member called on Deltans from all walks of life to always support the administration of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa in its determination to continue to develop all nooks and crannies of the state despite the lean resources accruing to the state.
Earlier, the Project Director of the Community-Driven Development Social Implementation Unit (CDDSIU), Mrs. A.A Orubu said that the Community-Driven development, Community members were at the drivers’ seat, adding that the scheme was a paradigm shift from contract-driving approach.
Mrs. Orubu said for the rural Communities to benefit from the project, each Community was expected to pay ten percent counterpart contribution either in cash or kind depending on the nature of the micro-project it had chosen while the state government in collaboration with the World Bank and the European Union would provide the remaining ninety percent amounting to ten million naira for two or three micro-projects.
The Project Director emphasized that during the second entry visit to the Community, different groups including the elders, men, women/ vulnerable and the youths would identify and prioritize the projects of their choice as well as elect eight-member project management committee through option A4, noting that the Community would produce their Community Development Plan that would capture the bill of quantity for their projects to be forwarded to the World Bank for approval.
She further disclosed that after the Community had secured approval of her Community Development Plan, the eight member committee, the Chairman, secretary, treasurer of the Community Development Association as well as the sub -committee members would be trained on the best ways to carry out the execution and management of the project in tandem with the World Bank standard and called on rural Communities in the state to key into the project.
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