Uzum raises concern over deplorable state of Uromi junction in Agbor

By Ajuwa Victor 

Eugene Azuka Uzum has ascribed the continued neglect of Uromi Junction, Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State to unfortunate political leadership failure in Ika Nation.

Uzum, a lawyer, politician, social commentator and policy analyst, stated this while  speaking to newsmen in Agbor.

He said that Uromi Junction is a major connecting spur to all parts of the country, wondering why succeeding administrations in the state had neglected the development of the area at the detriment of the people, the state and national integration.

He said that several individuals have been politically positioned to shift the paradigm from frustration, but that it appeared either the political actors were self-centered or lacking the proficiency to actualise the dream of a better Uromi Junction in the state.

He maintained that the Okowa Administration might not have been able to effect the needed transformation at the Uromi Junction owing to the unfortunate financial misfortune that befell it at inception but carried out palliatives works that ought to have been a complete flyover.  

He stated emphatically that with the present Administration of Oborevwori and its favourable earnings and key political actors from Ika as helmsmen in the administration, the junction deserves a major prioritising in the policy drive of the state government, decrying the roll out of 275 billion Naira state projects by Delta State Government without the inclusion of Uromi Junction.  

Uzum posited that  the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) occupied by an Ika man and other strategic offices to mention but a few are either ineffectual or intentionally compromising the development of Uromi Junction.

He added that the office of the SSG is the clearing house for all projects in the state and should input developmental considerations in the policy thrust of the state government, just as he berated other Ikas in the Oborevwori  Administration who  have failed to draw the needed attention to the rejuvenation of Uromi Junction in Agbor.