Foremost Ijaw highlife maestro, Chief Barrister Smooth has dragged Governor Sheriff Oborevwori over the poor handling of the Bomadi-Ohoro road project.
The Paddle of Niger Delta, in a heartfelt statement on Sunday, questioned the rationale behind awarding the all-important project to Niger Cat for execution.
In raising concerns on the level of work done, Smooth cried out that the work currently being done is “extremely below standard.”
Taking to his official Facebook handle, Smooth bemoaned that the scenario is often repeated with projects sited in Ijaw areas.
He wrote;
“Let this be a wake-up call to our perceived leaders in government, that the ORHOR/BOMANDI road handled by Niger Cat Construction Company is extremely below standard. My experience going through it recently was heartbroken.
“My curiosity is that, what is Niger Cat? How many roads has Niger Cat done in Delta state? What happened to the big companies like SETRACO and others known for great construction works in Delta state and beyond?
“This is why I can’t keep my mouth shut, for a real man dies the day he keeps quiet while his people have been enslaved? I can’t be a slave to such actions at all. For this is what we see when it comes to Izon matters, always treated as second class, even here in our own state amongst our brothers in the Niger Delta.
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“To continue with the deception, I saw a stupid white man in the middle of the road as if all is right. Painfully, this is one road linking to our rural communities, yet our leaders, past and present, could not speak of the injustice done to it.
“Even when we had our own son in the almighty Ministry of Niger Delta. In my silence, I cried, who did this to us thinking of the many lives lost on that bad road.
“My heart bleeds when I saw the road with the same political tactics of working without finishing. This is not right. This is wickedness on the parts of our leaders who see this wrong but decided to look the other way.
“For this non- challant attitude of employing stupid companies without dignity, we have our Ayakoroma bridge laying there like a woman rejected by her husband. Close to it is the Gbaregolo bridge cut into two, with the same careless abandon.
“It is my appeal to our leaders in the Senate, House of Reps, Chairman, Kings, and Leaders of Thought to rise up to their responsibilities or history will spite on their graves.”
