The newly appointed Executive Director of Project (EDP) of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, OlorogunDr. Ebenezer Okorodudu, on Wednesday, officially assumed duties with a promise to work and deliver on the mandate of the Commission.
He made this pledge when he was received by the Managing Director, Chief Festus Ochonoghor, Chief Favour Izuokumor, Executive Director of Social Service and other management staff of the Commission at the Commission’s Headquarters in Warri
Dr. Okorodudu, who was inaugurated last week Wednesday by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori,following the demise of the former EDP Chief Taleb Tebite, expressed his appreciation to the executive directors, management and staff for keeping the dreams of the founding fathers alive, saying ‘’I was a commissioner when this concept of the establishment of DESOPADEC was initiated and it was signed by the then Governor, Chief Ibori and was implemented by Governor Uduaghan.
‘’Since then, this commission has been a robust interventionist agency, promoting the wellbeing and interest of the oil-bearing communities.
‘’I am glad to be here; I am going to learn the ropes very quickly. I am a focused person who is going to deliver on any assignment. The interest of the Governor and government of Delta state must be fully protected. The interest of the oil producing communities and the interest of the staff will be fully protected.
Addressing the workers in a meeting, Dr Okoroduduurged workers of the commission and those that are going to work directly under him to be responsible and eschew all forms of dishonesty and be disciplined in their jobs.
‘’I am a workaholic; I am here to make history and remarkable progress; I am going to start from where my predecessors stopped.
I don’t joke with workers’ welfare; I don’t expect you to be stagnated but every day on a daily basis we will live a life of progress. I need your full cooperation as we deliver on our given assignment.
Before settling into his office, Dr. Okorodudu went around the commission to familiarise himself with the staff.
Dr. Ebenezer Okorodudu, an indigene of Okpara-Olomu in Ughelli South Local Government Area, was a Commissioner for Commerce and Industry and Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Delta State at different times during Governor James Ibori’s administration.
He was also chairman of the State’s Scholarship Board; Special Project Director, upgrading 12 selected schools; Special Assistant to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs; member, Management Board of Federal Medical Centre, Keffi; Zonal Organising Secretary, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State.
He was the Chief of Staff to the immediate past Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly and now Governor of the State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Mediators and Conciliators (FICMC), FCAI, FCIDA, FNHR
Before his appointment as EDP, DESOPADEC, he was the Chairman, Board of Directors, Delta Printing and Publishing Corporation, DPPC and Publicity Secretaryof the People’s Democratic Party, Delta State.
