By Akpokona Omafuaire
WARRI - THE Secretary, Okerenkoko Federated Communities of Warri South West Area of Delta State, Comrade Ernest Bebenimibo has tasked the federal government not to jeopardize the future on its people by stopping the actualization of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko.
Bebenimibo made the plea yesterday in Warri, Delta State.
The Community Secretary reasoned that stoppage of ongoing work at the University permanent site is an indirect indication of stopping the project.
He said that their fears stem from the directive by the Minister of Transport, Chief Rotimi Amaechi that ongoing work should be stopped due to some ongoing probes.
According to him, "The University is the answer to our quick development, it is the only visible gain of our Niger Delta struggle.
"To put an end to it will be damaging and inimical to development. So we are pleading that the federal government should reverse it's decision so that the project can go on.
"It will bring manifest injustice to our people if this project is truncated. We are main contributor to the national wealth, the school is the only thing we have to show for the exploitation of our God given natural resources.
"We also call on the federal government to hasten the development of our area by giving us a road which will enable us linked up to the urban cities."
Bebenimibo warned that the multiplier effects of abandoning the University, thereby shortchanging his people will be grave and it could lead to future agitations.
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