Isoko Brains Initiative, IBI, a good governance group, has protested against what it described as gross marginalization and deliberate shortchange of the Isoko nation in the Delta state 2018 budget.
The group also passed a Vote of No Confidence on their representatives in the State House of Assembly, Johnson Erijo, Orezi Esievo and Tim Owhefere, saying they have failed them.
In a communiqué issued by the Group, shortly after its enlarged emergency meeting on Tuesday evening in Asaba, faulted the budget and what was allocated to the Isoko nation by the State Executive, adding that the budget allocation is a deliberate and inhuman shortchange of the Isoko nation.
According to the communiqué signed by the group’s President, Urude Bartholomew and Secretary General, Celestine Ureigho, and made available to journalists, “it is a pitiable situation for Isoko nation despite her contributions to the nation’s economy and overwhelmed support for Governor Okowa in the 2015 election, only to turn around and stabbed us at the back.
“Out of a capital budget of N161,614,568,997 in the Delta state 2018 budget passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Governor Okowa, what Isoko nation could get as a whole was a meagre N4,571,000,000 which is below 1 percent. “The Isoko nation hereby rejects the budget in its entirety because it does not reflect our interest in any way. It is a pity Isoko stooges in the Okowa-led administration could not do anything when the broad daylight robbery was taking place.
“In the Delta state capital budget of N161,614,568,997, Isoko nation got as follows: Construction of Ozoro Market – N350m, Community roads, Iyede – N180m, Oteri Iyede road -N80m, Otor Owhe Internal roads – N250m, Aradhe -Ellu Old road – N60m, Oleh/Emede road -N280m, Emede township road -N500m, Oleh township road – N50m, Interlocking of Old Uzere Road, Emede N50m, Construction of Umeh road – N300m, Okpare Aviara road – N150m, Erowah road – N47m and Ikpide-Irri Internal roads – N350m which is below 2.8 per cent of the total budget.”
The Group, while lamenting what it called the continued shortchange of the Isoko nation by the Okowa-led administration since inception, enjoined all Isoko sons and daughters to use their permanent voters’ cards, PVCs, to do needful and vote only those who will have the interest of the Isoko nation at heart
“Can you imagine that ordinary mere Market is rated N350 million while road construction is rated N50 million in the case of Oleh township road and Erowah road in the budget,” they lamented.
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Isoko Group Protests Delta 2018 Budget, Passes Vote Of No Confidence On Representatives
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