Imo Oil Devt Commission Reaffirms Commitment To Peace

Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) has reaffirmed its commitment to peace, security, and sustainable development in the state.

The managing director of ISOPADEC, Chief Austin Onyedebelu, spoke at a one-day seminar for youths, held in Owerri, the Imo State capital.

The seminar tagged “Youth Engagement as a Catalyst for Peace, Security and Development”, was an interactive forum for youths leaders and stakeholders drawn from oil producing communities, to deliberate on peace, security and sustainable development.

Onyedebelu reaffirmed the Commission’s readiness to work closely with youths who he described as strategic partners in development, peace and security, emphasizing that collaboration, inclusiveness and shared responsibility were key drivers of sustainable growth.

Further, he assured participants of renewed focus on youth empowerment program, capacity-building and infrastructural interventions.

He disclosed plans by the ISOPADEC to facilitate specialised overseas training opportunities for selected youths to enhance technical skills and global exposure, even as he commended the youths for their constructive engagement and assured them that all issues raised would be carefully reviewed.

Earlier, the attendees of the seminar passed a vote of implicit confidence on Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State and the Managing Director of ISOPADEC, Chief Austin Onyedebelu.

ISOPADEC Youth President for Oguta, Vin Jorge Ohanyere and his Ohaji/Egbema counterpart, Justus Chinagorom who raised the motion described the Governor and the ISOPADEC MD as pragmatic leaders who had brought development, peace and security to the oil/gas producing communities having believed so much in democracy and humanity.

The youth leaders stressed that youths in the oil region are peace-loving, possessing the skills and manpower required to contribute meaningfully to the state’s development if they are adequately supported.

The forum stressed their renewed commitment to promote unity, peace advocacy and constructive collaboration with government and relevant stakeholders to advance sustainable development across the oil producing region.