By Bulou Kosin
The Acting Governor of Delta State, Deacon Kingsley Burutu Otuaro, says the people of Anioma should sustain the prevailing peace as the state government prepares to scale up development across the state.
Otuaro spoke as the Organization for the Advancement of Anioma Culture (OFAAC) led by Arc. Kester Ifeadi, paid him a courtesy call where they congratulated Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and Deacon Kingsley Otuaro on their re-election. The organisation used the avenue to invite the Acting Governor for OFAAC’s cultural outing scheduled for April 21, 2019.
Thanking the Anioma people for their contributions towards the re-election of Governor Okowa, the Acting Governor added that “educational, economic and indeed infrastructural development cannot take place in any entity in an atmosphere of chaos”.
“Thank you for the unity and peace OFAAC stands for, which is in tandem with the peace that the Okowa-led Delta State administration set out to achieve from inception for development”, Otuaro said.
“Government is about adding value to humans. You can’t add value without appreciating the culture of the people. As a government, we came with a well-articulated programme which included peace across ethnic divides and creation of wealth through various programmes. I urge you to sustain the peace as we intend to scale up what we have already done for the state, under a peaceful environment”, Otuaro stressed.
Earlier, President of OFAAC, Arc. Kester Ifeadi, said the organization, founded 16 years ago, had through the propagation of Anioma culture through festivals and activities, fostered peace, unity and progress while honouring the best of Anioma peoples.
“OFAAC has been bridging different cultural divides as it extends hands of fellowship to other ethnic groups in the state. During the last OFAAC festival, we reached out to the Urhobo people of Delta central, and the Pere of Akugbene-Mein from Delta South attended,” Ifeadi noted.