The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU), the apex body of the Urhobo people has listed several projects in Delta State the federal government should consider using funds recovered from James Ibori for.
This is contained in a statement released by the President General of UPU, Olorogun Moses Taiga, who faulted the federal government on the choice of projects it has chosen to expend the soon to be repatriated funds for.
The federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, said the money being repatriated from the United Kingdom will be used for the construction of the second Niger Bridge, Abuja-Kano road and Lagos-Ibadan Express Road.
But the UPU President General urged the federal government to use the money to construct the Delta portion of the Benin-Effurun road, failed portions of the East West Road in Delta State and provide more funding for the Federal University of Petroleum, Effurun.
UPU said the money is Delta money and it should not be expended on projects outside Delta State, while many federal government owned-asset and roads in Delta State are crying for attention.
“We are not saying the money must be returned to the Delta State government. We are saying the money should be spent on projects within Delta State,” Taiga clarified.