Ewekoro Community leaders have reaffirmed their help for H.B.M Nigeria Plc’s Ewekoro Plant in Ogun State, denying allegations that community funds had been withheld and distancing themselves from a protest staged on the facility’s entrance in July.
The community’s place was made recognized by its spokesman, Adebowale Adeola Abdulrahmon, who learn a press assertion throughout a counter-protest in help of the corporate and its continued operations within the community.
Abdulrahmon stated the community management, headed by Baale Suraju O. Adebowale and supported by the chiefs, didn’t determine with the protest staged by some people on the plant’s entrance.
He stated the community remained dedicated to sustaining a peaceable relationship with the corporate, which he described as a serious contributor to native improvement by means of its company social accountability (CSR) initiatives, youth employment and contracts awarded to indigenes.
“H.B.M Nigeria Plc has consistently demonstrated commitment to the development of Ewekoro Community through Annual Corporate Social Responsibility Projects,” Abdulrahmon stated.
He listed the development of Ewekoro Community Grammar School, the availability of chairs and tables for the college, the development of bogs, borehole water initiatives and different community amenities among the many firm’s contributions.
On employment and financial alternatives, the spokesman stated H.B.M Nigeria Plc had supported the community by “employing our youths and awarding contracts to indigenes.”
He described makes an attempt to tarnish the corporate’s popularity as regrettable, insisting that its presence had contributed to the community’s improvement.
“We affirm our total support for the continued progress of H.B.M Nigeria Plc Ewekoro Plant, as it remains a major driver of peace, comfort, and development in Ewekoro Community,” he stated.
Abdulrahmon additionally dismissed allegations that Oba Prof. Saka Adelola Matemilola, the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, was withholding cash belonging to the Ewekoro Community.
“We categorically refute the false allegation that Oba Prof. Saka Adelola Matemilola, (FNSE), Oluyalo Otileta VII, Olowu of Owu Kingdom, is holding the money of Ewekoro Community,” he stated.
According to him, the monarch had by no means collected any cash belonging to the community from H.B.M Nigeria Plc Ewekoro Plant.
“Furthermore, our Kabiyesi, the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, has never collected any money belonging to the Ewekoro Community from H.B.M Nigeria Plc Ewekoro Plant,” Abdulrahmon added.
The spokesman prompt that the controversy was linked to a dispute over the Baaleship of Ewekoro Community.
He described the Olowu as a “well-educated, kind-hearted, patient, and compassionate King,” including that the monarch had supported the community in numerous methods and remained dedicated to its improvement.
Abdulrahmon stated Ewekoro Community had traditionally been beneath Papalanto Ward, figuring out Oba Abdul Rasak Jimoh Famuyiwa, the Onipapa of Papalanto, because the ward’s recognised conventional ruler.
He maintained that the Onipapa was beneath the normal authority of the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, who, in keeping with the assertion, exercised authority over Papalanto Ward and Ewekoro Community.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Ewekoro Community has been under Papalanto Ward from time immemorial,” he stated, including that the community was not beneath every other city or community outdoors the ward.
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