Dr. Cairo Ojougboh. |
The
Acting Executive Director, Projects of the Niger Delta Development Commission,
NDDC, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has called on friends and well-wishers who are planning
to celebrate his birthday, to rather pay a visit to the nearest motherless
babies’ home or similar charity within the Niger-Delta, with a view to sharing
whatever goodwill they may have with the less privileged in the region.
Dr.
Ojougboh, whose birthday is on September 8, said it was more important to him
that the less privileged in the society are uplifted and celebrated on such
occasions, rather than the ostentation and media glitz which usually marked
them.
Speaking
at the commission’s new headquarters complex in Port Harcourt on Monday, Dr. Ojougboh
said: “Many of my friends and associates are planning to celebrate me tomorrow.
I understand that many of them are planning to take out congratulatory adverts
in the media, to celebrate me on my birthday. While I appreciate the thoughts,
I would rather they used this opportunity to remember those who are in dire
straits, as there are many Nigerians, particularly in the Niger Delta region,
who are facing various forms of difficulties and who should be taken care of”.
It
has been my life’s calling, he continued as a Christian and human being, to
look out for the less privileged in our society. I always take time on my
birthday to celebrate them. This particular birthday I would rather that
everyone join me in praying for their well-being, and in offering our widow’s
mite in helping to improve their living conditions.
Dr.
Ojougboh noted that his work in the NDDC has further opened his eyes to the
poverty and socioeconomic hardship in the region and he will use the occasion
of his birthday to rededicate himself to the service of the people he says.
“My
work in NDDC must be geared to helping improve the living conditions of our
people and after so many years of under-development and neglect, we are, as
members of the Interim Management Committee, IMC, bestowed with the rare
privilege to change the region’s narrative as we are determined to ensure that
NDDC rises to the challenge and moral obligation of its mandate, to facilitate
regional sustainable development.
“The
Niger Delta deserves no less. Our people deserve no less. And tomorrow I want
my birthday to be an occasion for deep reflections, for rededication to service
of the region, the less privileged and humanity. To see the Niger Delta prosper
will be a fitting celebration of my life.”
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