Why I am Part of Ewohimi's Problems and the Solutions.

Samuel Adegboyega University in Ogwa, Edo State, is starting its Law Faculty very soon. The Dean of the emerging Law Faculty was my Classmate at Ekpoma. She announced her new appointment yesterday on Facebook. How does that concern the Ewohimi Community Development Association? Simple.

Ogwa, like Igueben, is not as big and populous as the Okaigben community in Ewohimi. When I was growing up, the story was that Ewohimi was the second largest town or village in the Esan Tribe, after Uromi. In the past twenty or so years, Ekpoma, because it is now a university community, has beaten us to the third position. 

There is no Ife village without the University of Ife or Obafemi Awolowo University. And it is the same story with a town or village in Massachusetts, called Amherst. Amherst in the middle of nowhere is basically a University Town. 

Educational institutions, like industries and commerce, drive development. Uromi has no institutions of higher learning, but it has infrastructural facilities and thriving commerce. And it is today, developing faster than Auchi. 

That said, at my age, educational background, and exposure, I am supposed to be driving and influencing developments and infrastructural facilities in my beloved Ewohimi. I have not done that, and that's why I consider myself a part of the problem. And resolved never to blame my fellow Ewohimi brothers and sisters again for what is happening or has happened to Ewohimi. 

MOVING FORWARD.

I understand that the reason for the discontinuation of the new Bank that was established at Ewohimi about three years ago was the unavailability of Electricity. I know we have different groups in the community working on different projects. Concerning electricity and power supply, I suggest that we raise funds to pay off whatever it is the community owns to the DISCO lady and her company and make her or any DISCO operating in Ewohimi provide and install a prepaid meter in every house. And I will personally take up this issue with NERC - Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission at Abuja. 

Banks will come from left and right if we have a steady power supply. We have a huge market - Ewatto, Ekpon, Ewosa, Ohordua, etc. 

God willing, with PBGSE or other higher institutions coming alive, private investment will grow, commerce will grow, and our friends and family members stranded in Lagos and Benic City will be motivated to come back home. 

So, let's see if we can resolve the electricity wahala for good between now and the end of August. I know that Mr. Erabor Okogun has a robust package for power generation. With additional support on the ground, he has the capacity to generate power supply at an affordable rate to the whole of Ewohimi and the environs. I saw his proposal. It is achievable. But he needs support. 

I know I am in the position to provide him that missing link, but I have not made myself available. And that's the reason I am casting myself as part of the Ewohimi problems. The blueprints that Mr. Erabor articulated on Dr. Chris Adubor's Ewohimi Adhoc Team, I can accomplish bring them to life within a few months if I am on the ground. 

I ask for your forgiveness for not taking advice