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7 YEARS IN DARKNESS: Delta community cries out
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By Paul Olayemi
RESIDENTS of Mosogar community, Ethiope West Local Government Area, Delta State, who have lived without electricity in the last seven years, have cried out that they were tired of frequently contributing money to officials of Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, to buy transformer, poles and cable wires, and yet no power.
Thousands of Mosogar inhabitants had in December, last year, in a protest against BEDC, laid siege to the busy Benin-Warri highway, causing massive gridlock to draw attention to their plight.
They said besides raising almost N20 million, including payment for outstanding bills with the 95 per cent of the bills, estimated bills, the community was still in darkness.
The Chief Economic Adviser to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, Mr. Kingsley Emu, the Executive Secretary, Delta State Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Agency, DEMSMA, Mrs. Orezi Jane Esievo, and other top political leaders from the state, have bought luxury flats worth millions of dollars in the world-famous Burj Khalifa and Marsa Dubai Plaza, documents obtained
Emu, former Commissioner for Economic Planning in the immediate past administration in Delta, was appointed Chief Economic Adviser by Governor Okowa in 2019.
An average price of luxury properties in Burj Khalifa building costs 11,984,888 United Arab Emirates Dirham or $3.2 million, an equivalent of N1.2 billion. While in Marsa Dubai Plaza, an average Luxury flat of 2bedroom goes for AED 2,654,000 or $722,570.00 and equivalent of about N274.5million.