29/09/2022
OUR LEADERS HAVE FAILED US.
(Politics of Deciet in Idoma Land)
Austin Akogwu
The current condition of the Otukpo Inaccessible Federal Road has reduced Otukpo to nothing but a dumping ground for refuse. Our leaders lacked development skills.
Otukpo is a town in Benue State, Nigeria located in the Middle Belt Region of Nigeria. It is also the eponymous name of a subgroup of the Idoma people.
Otukpo is the headquarters of the Otukpo Local Government Area. It was the headquarters of the former Idoma Province, and remains an important town in Idomaland, an area mainly populated by the Idoma speaking people, though with numerous local dialects spoken in the diverse reaches of Idoma land.
Otukpo which is headquarter of Idoma Land has given birth to so many prominent children :-
1. Dist. Sen. David Mark (Senate President frm.)
2. Sen. Patrick Abba Morro (Current Senator)
3. Audu Innocent Ogbeh (Minister of Agric. Frm.)
4. Chief Steven Lawani (Deputy Governor Frm)
5. Lady Blessing Onuh (Otukpo/Ohimini HoRm)
6. Mike Onoja Okibe
7. Alhaji Usman Abubakar (Young Alhaji)
8. Engr. Benson Abounu (Deputy Governor)
9. Arc. Sunday Echono
10. Prof. Dickson Akoh, Dan Onjeh, Godday Samuel Odagboyi, Philip Agbese, Francis Agbo Ottah, Prof. Ujah, Prof. Armstrong Adejo, 2face, etc.... YET OTUKPO REMAINED A DUMPING GROUND FOR REFUSE...
The lack of enthusiasm and indecisiveness displayed by governments and Our leaders to address climate change is frustrating and downright appalling.
we are no longer waiting to be permitted to speak, but are taking the floor ourselves.
If our governments fail us in Community Development and climate action, and on the meaningful solution to the lack of development in Idoma lan especially the Otukpo Inaccessible Federal Road, we will organise ourselves, and present our own solutions.
keynotes and panels, followed by a full week of facilitated workshops and regional caucuses, and gain a deeper understanding of the causes, impacts, and solutions to the climate crisis.
Enough is enough. The time for complacency is over. The pandemic serves as a testament to the fact that we need a realistic action plan to build a better future where community development doesn't take the back seat.