I’m In Politics For Service, OBALGA Boss Insists

Executive Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Council of Rivers State, Hon Solomon Abel Eke says he is in politics to offer total service to humanity.
Eke said this during a media tour of projects embarked upon by his administration within the last three years in office.
He also said it was not in his character to always blow his trumpet rather he prefers to allow the people judge him by what he was doing.
Eke said most of his projects were people-centred as he allows communities to nominate the kind of projects they want.
“During my campaign, I asked every ward to list projects that they want the council to do for them. So, they started listing their projects”, he said.
He specifically said the people of Rumuokoro clan demanded for a town hall which has been completed and furnished.
The chairman said in a bid to decongest the Rumuokoro road, he created a park and installed a receptacle to keep the environment clean, while a 32-room lodge, for youth corps members, classroom block, principal’s office and laboratory were built for Community Secondary School, Rumuodomaya, inside the ADP.
In the same vein, Eke said the council also donated a 500 KVA transformer to Rumuodomaya Community, while a fire service station built under the administration of Timothy Nsirim at the Obio/Akpor International Market was well-equipped with fire service trucks by his administration.
Other projects shown to newsmen during the tour, include an ongoing jetty at Mgbuduohia Community in Rumuolumeni, the Rumuokoro health centre which is completed, Chukwuma Close Road, off Ada George Road, ICT Centre at Ozuoba, a town hall and borehole at Egbelu Mgbaraja and approved site for Woji Community School.
The rest are ongoing construction of swamp road at Eliowhani, ICT Centre at Woji, ongoing Legislative Assemly complex at the council premises and a site for the construction of classrooms for SSI and II students for Community Secondary School in Iriebe.
Eke said his administration also supported both law and medical students of Obio/Akpor origin in higher institutions.
He said all 17 Councillors of Obio/Akpor have been given plots of land to build their own houses while salaries of council workers have been paid up to date.
The chairman said his administration was discussing with the Ministry of Transport and its Urban Development counterpart to ensure complete decongestion of the roads leading to the council premises.