By Harrison Akamule

The Executive Chairman of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State , Hon Dagidi Rawlings Andoye, has finalized plans to Commission 14 capital intensive infrastructural projects to mark his first year in office, raising the bar of development for Council Chairmen to emulate in Nigeria.

In a statement signed by his Media Aid, Kofa Kingsley revealed that  “Some of the completed 14 capital projects billed for Commissioning on 15th July, 2025 are deaconess Tobore Oborevwori Ultra-Modern Multiple Purpose Event Centre, Newly constructed Vice Chairman’s lodge, High Court road, High Court Chambers, Judges residential lodge, newly constructed concrete pavement with two sides drain Chairman office road and Newly Constructed administrative principal officers lodge.”

Others including, construction of Obi Atlas road, the re-connection of Bomadi to the National grid, renovation of Chairman’s lodge, renovation of the Secretary of Council office, construction of Council’s chapel for worshipping and the Renovation/ rehabilitation of the main Council’s Pavilion.

The Council Chairman, Andaye, in an interactive engagement with newsmen  at his office stated that he swung into action immediately after his inauguration and noted that there was no time to waste but to demonstrate action, not words to his people.

He explained that being privileged to work with the State Governor, Elder Sherrif Oborevwori and being mentored , he in turn translated and replicated same projects and executed them  in Bomadi Council Area.

Andaye stressed that his achievement within the period came with a lot of sacrifice and strict financial discipline and further disclosed that no financial burden was placed on the Council as all the projects were executed  with the statutory Council fundings.

According to Andaye,  he came from a humble background and while growing up, he had burning desire to change the narrative in Bomadi local Government Area “now that I have the opportunity, my utmost goal is to make Bomadi a modern city to attract investors, interventionists agencies to come and partner in development of the council area.’

” I need to prove my integrity ,my passion and by providing the enabling environment, and by this, it would attract interventionists agencies to come to add more in developing our communities.”

Talking about stomach infrastructure, he reiterated that immediately he resumed office he saw the need to give lifeline to the elderly people,  especially the ones that could no longer fend for themselves. ” I had consistently empowered over 4,000 senior citizen from all the communities in the Council Area.

According to him, “my burning desire is to change lives,  especially the youths, to make them productive agents of growth in the society, a skill acquisition and empowerment programme for 400 youths drawn from the wards  in the local government area was organized, in shoe making, catering, soap making, make-up, paint making and painting and in Point of sale(Pos) operating business,  starter pack given to all participants and it is a joy that the programme has changed so many lives in the council area.

Persons living with disability were not left out in the scheme of things as I even appointed amongst them SA to be relating with me, unfortunately the appointee recently passed-out.”

While emphasizing the need for peaceful environment and coexistence in the  Council area, the Chairman expressed gladness and maintained that he brokered peace between Okoloba Community in his Council and Okuama neighbouring community in Ughelli South Council Area of the state, which crisis led to the killing of 17 army officers.

“With the kind permission from the State Governor, the two waring groups in the presence of monarchs from the both Council Area, Area Commanders and their Divisional Police officers from Bomadi and Otu-Jeremi initiated a peace accord signing at the governor office annex Warri. My concern for peace did not end there, Kalafiogbene community leadership crises was peacefully resolved by me, Ogodobiri and Ezebiri land disputes resolved, the purchase of operational vehicles ( Sienna) for quick response to the Nigeria Police and another one for the vigilantes to combart crime are some of my strides in securiting my Council Area, he said.

Earlier a tour around projects sites at Bomadi was conducted by Head of Works  Department, Engr Atlas Obi where he told journalists that the unprecedented feat of

infrastructural , human enhanced capacity development by Hon Andaye was first of its kind in the history of Council administration in Nigeria.