The funds which were paid by Chevron and Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, into the account of Itsekiri Regional Development Council, IRDC, at different times are feared missing.
Worried about the issue, Warri Women Consultative Assembly, Itsekiri youths and elders took the matter to the Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, urging him to look into the issue in his capacity as head of the anti-graft committee. To this end, he urged the youths and women of Itsekiri land to rise against such practices, adding that they possessed the right to do so.His words: “I have been trying to take action on this issue in the last two years. I think Warri has a structural problem. I mean that there is no defined transparent authority to be given dues. There is no authority that can be monitored to ensure that money is actually used for what it is meant for.
“Sir, you may be aware of all the controversies going on in Ugborodo. Today, Ugborodo has been taken over by the sea. All efforts to save Ugborodo from being washed away are being thwarted by our own people, who have been entrusted at different times with money for the development of the area. For an example, the issue for which we have come to you today is the construction of Ugborodo New Town.
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