Igbo Etche Knocks Semenitari Over Road Project Claim

In what appears as a venti
lation of the anger of the Etche ethnic nationality over the continued neglect of the area by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), the people of Igbo-Etche in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State have warned the Commission’s Acting Managing Director, Mrs Ibim Semenitari to desist from playing politics with developmental issues of the area and address the overall development of the Niger Delta region.
The spokesman of Igbo-Etche Community, Gift Enyebelechi who handed down the warning over the weekend in Port Harcourt, wondered why Semenitari should deceive the unwary public over project neither contemplated nor embarked upon by the NDDC in Igbo-Etche.
He said the statement credited to Semenitari that the commission is undertaking work on the Igbo-Etche road is untrue and embarrassing to the people of the area.
“We don’t want anybody to play politics on Igbo-Etche road and if there is any, we want the person to desist from doing such, especially the recent statement credited to the NDDC Acting Managing Director, Ibim Semenitari that NDDC is undertaking work on the Igbo-Etche road.
“Etche people condemned the statement in its entirety and warn the commission to stop politicking on the important road like Igbo-Etche, Chokocho road in the state”, the Community spokesman warned.
Enyebelechi said the work on the road project in the area was being embarked upon by the Nyesom Wike administration in the state.
He commended Governor Wike for fulfilling his electioneering campaign promises by embarking on Igwuruta – Etche road, which was abandoned by the past administration in the state.
Enyebelechi said the people of the Etche ethnic nationality would be very appreciative of Governor Wike, if all the roads are completed before the expiration of his tenure in 2019.