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Isoko youth group alleges diversion of DESOPADEC’s N10m Social Security vote

 


...Ask Gov. Okowa to call DESOPADEC MD, Askia Ogieh to order


The group, Isoko Youth Assembly has called on Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to call the Managing Director of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC), Chief Askia Ogieh to order over the uneven distribution of the monthly N10 million Social Security Vote meant for Isoko youth groups.


The youth body made the call in a statement made available to newsmen in Warri on Friday


President of the youth group, Comrade Onoriode Omagufi, alleged that part of the fund which usually accrue to youth groups in the area, is being pocketed by some undisclosed elements.


He said that members of his youth group would no longer tolerate being sidelined in the distribution of the fund being the only legally registered youth body in Isoko nation.


Omagufi said that the body would not fold its arms and watch while some persons feed fat from the fund meant for the youth bodies.


He claimed that currently only four million naira (N4 million) is being shared by Ogieh and his cohorts in DESOPADEC between two youth groups in Isoko land.


According to him, since inception of the current management of the oil commission, they usually disbursed N4 million from the N10 million, alleging that about N6 million is either stolen or swallowed by snake, cat, rat or monkey till date.


Omagufi who is a former Super Eagles International before he was elected to lead the youth body, urged Governor Okowa to ensure IYA get its fair share of the fund, stressing that of the fund two unregistered youth bodies, Isoko National Youth Assembly (INYA ) receives Three Million Naira (N3,000,000.00), while Isoko National Youth Council (INYC) gets One Million Naira (N1,000,000.00) every month.


“The remaining Six Million Naira (N6,000,000.00) is being swallowed by either snake, cat, rat, or monkey till date”, he alleged


Drawing the attention of the governor to the development, Omagufi said; “As a youth leader who hail from the most peaceful ethnic extraction of our dear State, the leadership of this noble body crave your indulgence and wish to use this rare opportunity to draw your kind attention to a specific prevailing issue ravaging the youths as it concerns how the Ten Million Naira (#10,000,000) Social Security Vote accruing to the coffer Isoko youth monthly from the Delta State Government through the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) whereby only two purported youth groups have been benefiting from it all this years”.


“As a youth leader whose ears is pinned to the ground on how His Excellency have been working tirelessly to ensure that development through infrastructure, peace and tranquility reign within the State, I however humbly plead with your kind office to see how this specific aforementioned fund can be evenly and adequately disburse to accommodate all the groups so as to arrest any possible youth restiveness in Isoko nation resulting from the current unfair distribution of the fund as we believed strongly that peace is priceless”, he added..

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