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DELTA COMMUNITY AGBODOBIRI STARVES, POOR VILLAGERS SUFFERING TO DONATE 3MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT PROJECT ABANDONED 17 YEARS AGO

DELTA COMMUNITY AGBODOBIRI STARVES, POOR VILLAGERS SUFFERING TO DONATE 3MILLION FOR GOVERNMENT PROJECT ABANDONED 17 YEARS AGO

By Ezekiel Kagbala FPR

                     Agbodobiri children protesting demands           governments development from government


The people of Agbodobiri community, Burutu Local government, Delta State are weigh down with burden as community leaders urges all to contribute money to fund government electricity project that was abandoned for over 17 years. 

The contribution was the last resort of  community members to help themselves and  revive the 17 years abandoned project awarded to a contractor called Oguma some years ago.

A community source disclosed that everyone in the community was directed to pay or donate the sum of 18,000 naira each to enable them buy poles and cables to fund an abandoned electricity project that runs from the university town of Edwin Clark, Kiagbodo to Agbodobiri community.

  Poor Agbodobiri people who are suffering as result of trible  neglect by government.


 A youth from the community disclosed that a neighbouring community, Egodor was fortunate to gat support from the member representing Burutu North constituency with some money to enable them get the connection and he also promise to contribute for Agbodobiri.

The community youth leader, Comrade Igwe Michael hinted that no member of the community was exempted from the contribution. He noted that the people of the community are poor and can barely feed or cloth themselves from the petty fishing and farming activities.

He noted further that the contribution has been ongoing for the past two years and the people are overwhelmed with the financial burden and want the state and local government to help.

One of the community youth leader, Comrade Ebipade Fedeke  lamented that Agbodobiri community has been abandoned and neglected by representatives in various positions in Delta state government and that key developmental needs of the community are neglect.

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