The Onojie of Ewu, His Royal Highness, Jafaru Isesele 1 has thanked the President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Edo State Governor, Distinguished Senator Monday Okpebholo for siting the ultra modern bus terminal for the South-South geo-political zone at Ewu, noting that the project will not only boost the economic activities in the community, but will also empower the people.
In a press release personally signed by the Ewu monarch and made available to newsmen hailed the collaboration between President Tinubu and Governor Okpebholo which he said gave birth to the project.
“On behalf of the Council of Chiefs,business,economic, academic, and spiritual elites, and indeed, the entire peace – loving people of Ewu Kingdom I extend our warm and sincere gratitude to HIS EXCELLENCY, ASIWAJU SENATOR BOLA AHMED TINUBU, President and Commander- in- Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and His Excellency, Senator Monday Okpebholo, the amiable Governor of Edo State for their uncommon collaborative endeavors, which undoubtedly led to the siting of the ultra- modern Bus Terminal for the South- South Geo-political Zone in Ewu. This is a unique project that will have profound economic impact on Ewu Kingdom, in particular and Nigeria, as a whole.
“We recognize the socio-economic, cultural, traditional and customary impact the modern bus terminal will have on the ever -hospitable indigenes of Ewu, and the entire people of the South-South Geo- Political Zone and indeed the economy of Nigeria as a whole.”
The Ewu Royal father also eulogised the Honourable Minister of Transport, Senator Saidu Ahmed Alkali for the technical and indepth research that supported the sitting of the project in the community.
“We specially acknowledge and appreciate Senator SAIDU AHMED ALKALI, the savvy and discerning Honorable Minister for Transport for the objective and impartial depth of research that informed this profound decision.EWU, from time immemorial, has always served as the socio-economic and cultural triangular link, between the South West, South- South, South East and the whole northern Nigeria.This modern bus terminal further reinforces the strategic role that Ewu kingdom has always played and will continue to play, as a hospitality melting hub between the south and the northern part of this country.”
While praying for God’s guidance for President Tinubu and his administration, Isesele 1 assured of the continous unalloyed support and prayers of Ewu people for President, Governor Okpebholo and their governments.
“We pray to the GOD Almighty for guidance, and infinite mercies on the president and his entire administration as we fervently look forward to the earliest possible construction of the modern bus terminal.
“We, the people of Ewu Kingdom, assure and re-assure the Government of our unfliching, unalloyed ,moral and spiritual support, during and after the construction, of the project.
“This timeous modern bus terminal is a vivid signal from the Almighty God sign posting my long awaited reign that will definitely usher in collective progress and prosperity to Ewu kingdom and its loving people under the divine watch of GOD and our ancestors.”