By Emma Arubi
WARRI— GOVERNOR Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said that youths, communities and traditional rulers, who go about disrupting development projects in their communities while demanding development fees or settlement, will henceforth be prosecuted.

He said that the state government was set to instill discipline and evolve a system where towns in the state would henceforth be permanently kept clean and free of filth as obtainable in advanced countries, where people are prohibited by law from indiscriminately dumping refuse.

Uduaghan spoke at a three-day retreat organised for senior government officials in the state in collaboration with Tas and Associates. He said that the bill to this effect would soon be sent to the House of Assembly and appealed to the lawmakers to expedite action on same, when it comes before them.

Uduaghan expressed regret that youths, some elders, chiefs and even some traditional rulers willfully disrupt development projects in their communities because they want specified sum of money paid to them by the government or contractors.