Ministry Of Water Resources, Olero Creek Communities Reach Agreement Over Provision Of Potable Water, Power Supply

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The Delta state Government and the people of Olero creek communities of Udo, Ajemetan, Tebu Gbokoda, Jakpa, Ebrohimi and Obaghoro communities in Warri North local government area, have reached an agreement considering providing potable water in line with the governor’s MORE AGENDA.

Commissioner for Water Resources Development, Isaac Wilkie, who reached the agreement during a meeting held at his office with the community leaders and stakeholders of the Olero Creek Communities, noted that the area had already been considered and workers were been mobilized to get to site.

The meeting was necessitated as a response to a letter addressed to the state Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, and was signed by the stakeholders of these affirmationed communities calling for the intervention of state government to provide potable water and power as they threatened breakdown of Law and Order.

One of the leaders identified as Hon. Aduge Okorodudu, who spoke at the meeting, explained that communities had shutdown Chevron operations in the area before the intervention of the Immediate past Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who in turn promised to provide potable water for the communities and agreed that the government do reticulation to Chevron Flow stations and hook-up to the facility but at the point of hook-up, Chevron stopped the contractors and denied making such commitment.

Responding to the communities plights, the commissioner, appealed to the communities to avoid any breakdown of law and order as he commended the Governor for approving the improvement of the water schemes on Olero Creeks as he promised to take their request on power supply to the commissioner for Power and Energy just as he noted that he would try as much as possible to have the energy commissioner join them in the next meeting.