An Itsekiri Chief, and All Progressives Congress, APC, Chieftain, Ayirimi Emami, yesterday met with President Bola Tinubu where he reminded him (Tinubu) that the Itsekiri of Delta State worked for him during the election and should be part of the government.
Chief Emami, who met with the President at the State House, Abuja, also noted that the issue of Warri Port has been a thing of concern which should be looked into with the necessary urgency.
Speaking to State House correspondents, after the closed-door meeting, Chief Emami said, “Like four, five months ago, I think, I was here to see Mr. President on certain issues that have to do with our area, that’s in Delta. So my coming here today is like a reminder to tell Mr. President, particularly the road from Omadino, passing through Gbaramatu to Ugborodo, and which they are actually working on.
“His reply is that Chevron, NDDC are already working to come out with a way forward on that road.
“Then the issue of the Warri Port, which has been our issue why we are always coming to the Villa and he assured us that the GMD, they are working out something on the location so that the bar mouth can be properly dredged, and some other issues as it affects my people, politically and otherwise.”
Asked to mention some of the political issues he discussed with the President, he said, “The political ones have to do with the appointment of our people. To whom much is given, much is expected. We worked, we contributed, so, we too believe that we should be part of the government.”
On whether he discussed the Ogidigben Gas Project, he said, “I can never fail to mention it, it was part of our discussions and he minuted some of these issues immediately to somebody to follow up.”
Further asked on the security situation in his place, Chief Emami said, “I don’t think we have so much problem about security in our place, the waterways is one of the safest in the world right now, the Warri-Escravos, that’s the Delta waterways, is very safe. So for now, we don’t have too many issues about security.”
On whether Delta State is being under represented politically, especially the Itsekiri nation, he said, “I think those issues are being handled politically.
“The President said he’s going to look at it, because when you work, you expect some dividends. Is that not so? As Itsekiri, we actually voted for Mr. President, so we expect that we need patronage to be part of the government. Our people need to be part of the government.”
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