Dum Dekor

Dumnamene Robinson Deko (born 1968), also known as Rt. Hon. Dum Dekor is a Nigerian politician who was Deputy Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly from 2007 to 2011. He represented Khana II in the 6th Rivers State House of Assembly. On 15 September 2017, he was sworn in as a commissioner-designee by Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and on 20 September, he was assigned to the Rivers State Ministry of Works. Rt. Hon. Dum Dekor was elected to the House of Representatives as member representing Khana/Gokana Federal Constituency of Rivers State since 2019. He is a member of Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Quotes I have been able to facilitate a world-class ICT centre through Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, which will equally serve as a centre for JAMB and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) when completed for the good of all Ogonis and Nigerians at large. I equally commend the NDDC for consenting to embark on this project as I have made available already laptops for some constituents to ease the learning process and expand the knowledge base of the people. I gave out over 100 laptops, Generators and some cash empowerment for small scale business people amounting to about 400 persons cutting across the 36 wards in Gokana/Khana Federal Constituency over the weekend to equip them for the digital world. I had provided Keke Napep and motorcycles before and I discovered that in most cases the man gets it, sells it off immediately. Sometimes, those that need them don’t get them. I believe when you have education, you open the space for people to buy their own motorcycles and their own cars. So let us address the basics and that’s what we are trying to do, to address the issues of education. We are looking at using the very little that is available. It could be N10,000 or N50,000. How do we apply this to our existing small businesses? Mind you, some persons, the entire goods they sell may not be more than N5,000 or N10,000. If such person has N30,000 or N50,000, it will be a leap for them to improve on their businesses. That’s why in some of these programmes, we try as much as we can to let it trickle down to those who actually need it. And I believe, that for the 400 persons which cut across the 36 Wards in Gokana/Khana Federal Constituency who have benefited today, even if it’s a percentage of them, that gets going, I’ll be happy. Everywhere around us is polluted and the level of pollution is frightening. Our major sources of livelihood has been taken from us. So, what else can we do? We can’t fish or farm anymore. Our normal little activities of buying and selling have come back. What we are praying for now is how we can attract some industries into the place. We have the population to support any business that comes here. As soon as we have improved power and security, I don’t think there will be any problem because we’ll move forward. External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:1968 births Category:Living people