BY FESTUS AHON

UGHELLI—DELTA State Commissioner for Special Duties in charge of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, Mr Tonye Timi, has charged oil producing communities in the state to monitor projects being executed by the commission in their areas as a way of checking abandonment of projects.

Giving the charge while inspecting DESOPADEC projects in Olomoro, Okpolo-Enwhe, Igbide, and Uzere communities all in Isoko Local Government Area, Timi expressed satisfaction with the quality of work done, appealing to contractors working with the commission to deliver projects awarded to them within the stipulated completion period.

Commending the Olomoro community project monitoring committee for its role towards the completion of projects, the commissioner charged benefiting communities of DESOPADEC projects to participate in the execution in order to realise the state government’s vision.

Timi, who inspected the on-going perimeter fences and gate houses at the Government Hospital, Olomoro, Olomoro Comprehensive Secondary School, the completed Odibo Road phase I and the on-going phase II, the completed block of six classrooms at Olomoro Primary School as well as other DESOPADEC projects in Olomoro, appealed for the removal of the community’s shrine from the premises of the Government Hospital.

In Uzere, the commissioner assured the people of the state government commitment to the development of all parts of the state and urged the people to continue to support the peace and security development agenda of the Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan’s administration.