The newly-constructed ultra modern Ogbeogonogo Market, in Asaba, capital of Delta State has ended the historic nightmare and hardship suffered by victims of the fire disaster.
Fire gutted the marketplace and destroyed multi-million naira goods on two occasions, which necessitated its reconstruction
Chairman of Oshimili South Council Area, Chief Kelvin Ezenyili, stated in Asaba during the commissioning of the market.
The council chairman, supported by the chairperson of the Market Women Association ( MWA) in the state, Mrs Theresa Halim, the APC deputy chairman for Delta North Senatorial District, Hon Adisue Eluaka, the Commissioner for culture & tourism, Hon Darlington Ijeh, and former Delta North Senatorial vice chairman of PDP, Chief Moses Idu.
“Immediately fire gutted the market, the traders were thrown into the hardship of open trading. We will continue to align with the ‘Renewed Hope for MORE Agenda’ of Govemor Sheriff Oborevwori.
“The charisma the governor has exhibited in legacy infrastructural development has been unparallel, and propelling force of every council chairman across the 25 council areas of the state,” Ezenyili said.
“The ‘MORE Agenda’ of the Delta state Governor Sheriff Oborevwori has received boost in Asaba, the state capital, as the newly constructed ultra modern Ogbeogonogo Market” Ezenyili said.
The Asagba of Asaba, Obi Epiphany Azinge (SAN), flanked by the Odogwu of Ahaba, Obi Nwanze Oduah and the 2017 governorship candidate of the defunct Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in the state, Chief Taju Isichei, inaugurated the project in Asaba.
The monarch said its completion has justified the constitutional role of council areas to deliver dividends of democracy to the grassroot.
The chairperson, Market Women Association, Mrs Theresa Halim and the Omu-Ahaba (the Market Goddess) Obi Ada Biose, said the shopping complexes in the market has uplifted the true face of Asaba, which harbours the state capital.
