Get Guardian on GoogleA UNITED Kingdom (UK)-based social critic, Ifeanyi Samson, has decried the prolonged electricity shortages being witnessed in Ndokwa West and surrounding communities, despite playing host to Oando Power Station, a situation he has blamed for the stunted economic activities in the area.
In a statement on Friday, Samson pointed out that it was time for the many stakeholders in Delta State to intervene in the matter to make life worth living in the area that has helped fuel the Nigerian economy with her God-given resources.
According to him, the prolonged lack of electricity was no longer an issue of technical hitches but a glaring failure of leadership and corporate social responsibility on the part of the oil companies operating in the area.
“I am from Ndokwa and it is deeply troubling that the people of Kwale and surrounding communities in Ndokwa West, Delta State, continue to suffer from prolonged and severe electricity shortages. Despite hosting major energy infrastructure like the Oando Kwale Power Station, the local population remains in darkness.
This is no longer just a technical problem; it is a glaring failure of leadership and corporate responsibility.
“We call on the Delta State government, led by Sheriff Oborevwori, Ndokwa West Local Government Council, Transmission Company of Nigeria, Oando Plc, Nigerian Agip Oil Company, and others to address the situation.
“These stakeholders have failed the very people whose land and resources they exploit. We demand the immediate resignation of all government officials and corporate representatives who have refused to act on this crisis.”
Tasking the governor, Samson suggested that the state government should, as a matter of urgency, hold a town hall meeting between the elders, youths and the companies operating in the communities “to fashion out ways of mitigating this far-reaching lack of social amenities in the area.”
