By Charles Kumolu

RIGHTS activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor, has called on Delta State governor, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, not to honour any budget presented on behalf of Itsekiri ethnic group by those representing the zone on the board of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, until the Olu of Warri’s administrative council committee makes its input.

Lori-Ogbebor, who is a member of the development sub-committee of the body of eminent Itsekiri, also said that any budget that lacks the input of the members of the council would not mean well for the development of the Itsekiri nation.

Disclosing this yesterday in Lagos, she lamented the failure to carry the people along in the past by those representing the Itsekiri on DESOPADEC board, which she said resulted in the underdevelopment of the reverine areas.

She further noted that should the budget as proposed by the ethnic group’s representative be honoured, the Itsekiri oil producing communities would be short-changed.

Therefore, she wants the relevant authorities to stay action on the budget until the members of the Olu’s administrative council committee make their contributions in the interest of the Itsekiri nation.