Or residents for Effurun, Delta State, dey hail Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (TSSNL) wey Tompolo be chairman. Dem fix some bad roads for the oil city.
Na company board decide dis one, say dem go repair some important roads for the town as part of how dem wan help people (CSR). Dem also want help Governor Sheriff Oborevwori with im development plans, na why dem go do the road for Bendel Estate wey dey Uvwie Local Government Area.
Before now, the road for Bendel Estate na nightmare for people wey dey use am. For many years, government no gree do anything about am. The road full of big holes, especially for the side wey near NNPC Junior Staff Club.
But now, things don change. Journalists wey visit the area see how people dey happy say the road don smooth again. From Avweniyeri Filling Station junction go reach the end of the road, everywhere don tar well well. People wey dey drive motor and Keke Napep dey happy no be small.
One Keke Napep man for Bendel Estate, wey him name na Ezekiel Akpofure, yarn say life don come better for them since dem fix the road. "We dey very happy say Tompolo come help us. For many years, na only repair our Keke napep we dey take all our money do. We beg the old chairman for Uvwie LGA, Ramson Onoyake, but e no gree hear. E only do small work wey no last. But Tompolo don come save us."
Another Keke Napep man for there, wey him name na Seidu Abdullahi, come from Kano State, also join for the praise. "At first, we think na government do the road because we no see anything wey show say na person or company do am. Na after we ask many times, we come hear say na Tompolo company wey do am for us for Bendel Estate."
"We thank am well well for this good thing wey e do. For five years wey I dey use Keke for Bendel Estate, na now I dey happy say the road smooth. We be poor people, we no get anything to give Tompolo, but we go pray for am and him team say make God bless them with good health and plenty money."
One oga wey them call Chief Julius Ogie, yarn say other rich people for Nigeria suppose learn from Tompolo. "For many years, we dey suffer for this Bendel Estate road, nobody gree help us. But God don answer our prayers through Tompolo. If all rich people for Nigeria dey behave like Tompolo, wey dey help people and like better things, Nigeria go be better place. Make dem try copy am."
Dem try reach the Managing Director of TSSNL, Chief Keston Pondi, to confirm the story, but e no answer phone calls or messages. But some people wey sabi the company well, yarn say na Tantita pay for the work.
This person wey no want him name for print yarn say, "Na Tantita do the road for Bendel Estate. But Oga Tompolo, the Vice Chairman, Engineer Mathew Tonlagha, and the MD, Chief Keston Pondi, no like make people know when dem dey help people."
"When God use them help people, dem no like tell anybody or announce am for news. Dem no dey tell people about the good things wey dem dey do. Dem no be like some other rich people wey like make everybody know when dem help person. You fit continue call and send message, dem no go answer because dem no want talk about this thing for news."
"But the truth be say, na Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited board decide say dem go help fix some roads for our area, especially for Bendel Estate for Uvwie LGA, Delta State. Dem want help Governor Sheriff Oborevwori with im plans for Delta State and be part of im M.O.R.E Agenda. The Governor need everybody help, and that na wetin Tantita dey do."
"We for Tantita believe say all oil companies and the ones wey dey own oil for this country suppose to dey help develop the Niger Delta. We go continue to help develop the communities wey dey around us, and we go work with people for there so that Nigeria fit get better."
Source: Prime 9ja Online Pidgin: Tompolo Fix Effurun Road, Keke Man Praise Am