•Empanels 10-man education ctte
By Bassey Blackman
Amid disturbing concerns about growing cult-related violence and other crimes in Ọrọ nation, the newly-elected President-General of Uboro-Oro Youth Council (Okpo Clan Worldwide), Ulap Daniel Etim Edeke, has vowed to do everything within his power to keep his jurisdiction free from any antisocial behaviour that is inimical to community growth and development.
Edeke said that within his four years’ tenure, his administration would pursue youth capacity building, social inclusiveness and synergy building with progressive elements in his community to enhance the socioeconomic wellbeing of Uboro Ọrọ people.
Speaking with WatchmanPost in Uboro Oro on Sunday, after a thanksgiving service conducted in honour of his group by the General Overseer of Holy Ghost Power and Fire Evangelistic Outreach International Incorporated, Bishop InnyObong Enema, Edeke said: “I have come with a new energy to enhance social growth in a way that will make Uboro-Oro environmentally friendly for trade and investments.”
On the menace of cultism, Edeke said that various factors were responsible for the social vice. These include poverty, hunger, idleness, violence, lawlessness, lack of education and lack of employment, among others, adding, “Eradicating the phenomenon is one of our key projects.”
On how he hoped to achieve this, Edeke said, “We shall, on a continuous basis, organise and promote human capital development projects for youths and adults in the village through collaboration with prominent sons and daughters of Uboro-Oro within and in the Diaspora, Non-Governmental Organizations, local, state and federal government agencies, and international organizations.”
He continued, “The main idea is to close cultism and commence skill acquisition/youth empowerment projects aimed at obliterating juvenile delinquencies and crimes. I therefore invite competent bodies to examine our situation impartially and direct efforts more precisely towards helping us out.”
For Edeke, Uboro-Oro village “must join in grooming leaders who will control its natural resources in the nearest future.”
He continued: “It is in the light of the above that I decided to set up a broad-based ten man technical committee to plan and facilitate access to education at all levels in the village.”
