IPF takes project tour to Burutu Council as chairman reaffirms commitment to sustainable development

By Osaro Michael, Benin

The Ijaw Publishers’ Forum, IPF has taken projects supervision to Burutu Council Area on Wednesday as the Executive Chairman of Burutu Local Government Area in Delta State, Dr. Julius Takeme reaffirmed his commitment to sustainable development across the council.

Congress gathered that Takeme reaffirmed his resolve to implement measures that will uplift the developmental status of Burutu on Wednesday, when members of the Ijaw Publishers Forum paid him a courtesy call at the local government Secretariat.

During the visit the chairman took the IPF media team to supervise projects executed by the council during his few months in office.

However, the visit marked the commencement of an inspection tour across Ijaw local government areas across the country by the conglomerate of media executives.

Addressing the IPF entourage, Takeme said his administration bears the development umbilical cord of the MORE AGENDA by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori.

According to the erstwhile Delta South Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Burutu Local Government Area, under his leadership, has recorded visible infrastructural changes under one year.

“Armed with the MORE AGENDA by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, this administration has implemented several visible infrastructural developments in Burutu.

“That mandate has allowed us to give priority to giving Burutu the much needed face-lift under my watch. That resolve has pushed us to construct a combined 1 kilometre length of the internal road network,” Takeme revealed.

The Olotu of Obotebe Kingdom said his government has further invested in public health, environmental cleanliness, housing, and general welfare of civil servants, among whom include senior officers of the Council who had battled great discomfort in the discharge of their duties.

He listed such intervention projects as the renovation of health centres in Labulouseigha and Ofougbene communities, construction and renovation of senior housing units for senior employees of the Council, and construction of residence quarters for the President of the customary court.

Others include the construction of three modern public toilets, distribution of drugs for health centres, and employment of over 2,000 women for the maintenance of cleanliness in the local government headquarters.

Takeme also revealed that many other projects are on the pipeline awaiting official commissioning ahead of his one year in office celebration.

The IPF led by Niger Delta activist and Publisher of Congress Newspaper, Comrade Austin Ozobo, explained that the tour forms part of the body’s mandate to checkmate governance and development across the Ijaw nation.

However, Ozobo encouraged Takeme to do more, urging him to maintain the momentum and to deliver more dividends of governance to the Burutu people.