Kolo Creek Bayelsa Communities Issue SPDC Fourteen Day Ultimatum

 

The four communities making up the Kolo-Creek Cluster Development Board in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have been urged to exercise a little more patience over the protracted delay in restoring power to the area.

The State Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, made the appeal when he met with community leaders, executives of the cluster board and other representatives from Otuasega, Elebele, Oruma and Imiringi at his office in Government House, Yenagoa.

The meeting came on the heels of a fourteen day ultimatum issued by the Kolo-Creek Cluster Communities to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to fulfill its agreement with the cluster board on restoring electricity to the communities.

The ultimatum, which was jointly signed by the paramount rulers of Imiringi, Otuasega, Oruma and Elebele communities, among other things, demanded the immediate operation of the two point five MVA  generator installed by Morpol Engineering Services Limited, and the award of contract for the Oruma high tension line.

They stated that the SPDC had refused to honour the agreements it had with the cluster communities on several occasions since twenty thirteen.

A statement issued on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor on Media, Mr Doubara Atasi, noted that the communities had unanimously resolved to shut down all the oil installations and platforms in Kolo-Creek at the expiration of the fourteen days’ ultimatum.

However, addressing the high-powered delegation of the Kolo-Creek cluster communities, the Deputy Governor appealed to them to exercise some more patience, as government makes last ditch frantic efforts to resolve the issues.