Delta deputy gov: 2024 budget’ll tackle road challenges

Delta State Deputy Governor, Monday Onyeme, says a lot of road construction would be included in the 2024 budget.

The deputy governor dropped the hint when the people of Umutu, comprising members of the Umutu Traditional Council and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Umutu Kingdom, Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba, the state capital, on Thursday, August 10, 2023.

Onyeme said most of the communities in the state were requesting either the construction of internal roads or roads linking communities.

He said: “We are in the process of making inputs into the 2024 budget; almost all the communities in our state are requesting for the construction of roads within their communities or roads to link their communities with others.

“I want to assure Deltans that most of the roads will be captured in the budget.”

The deputy governor also stated that Governor Sheriff Oborevwori’s administration would provide infrastructure and consolidate the security situation in Delta State.

Onyeme commended the people of Umutu community for taking up the responsibility of training the children of members of the community vigilante who lost their lives while checking the menace of herdsmen.

He also thanked the people for supporting the administration of Oborevwori and for paying him the visit.

The Okpala-Uku of Umutu Kingdom, Earlier, HRH Sunday Ossai Enweliku, in an address read by Chief Benedict Oshionya, said the visit was to congratulate and pray for Oborevwori and Onyeme, adding: “We thank God Almighty for putting the Ndokwa nation in the mainstream of Delta politics through you; it is with great joy that we gather here to congratulate and rejoice with you and our governor.”

He, therefore, appealed for the provision of amenities in Umutu community.

The Star