By Otiti, aka Truthsayer
The recent approval of a Military School for Delta State by the Nigerian Army should ordinarily inspire optimism across the state.
It represents a bold step by the Federal Government toward promoting discipline, education, and national integration among young Nigerians.
However, the key question that now confronts the government is this: Where should this school be sited? The answer to that question will test whether our leaders truly understand the meaning of justice, empathy, and equity.
Without any doubt, the Okuama community in Ughelli south local government area of the State, is the most deserving and symbolically appropriate location for the proposed military school.
To ignore Okuama in this decision would not only be an act of administrative oversight, it would amount to a moral failure.
This is a community that has suffered untold hardship, destruction, and displacement, yet continues to demonstrate remarkable restraint and a willingness to rebuild in peace.
Establishing the school in Okuama would send a powerful message that government does not abandon its wounded, and that reconciliation is not mere rhetoric but a lived policy.
Beyond symbolism, Okuama offers strategic and logistical advantages. It is accessible by both land and water, an essential consideration for military operations and training logistics.
The location provides security flexibility and the environmental space required for an institution of national importance.
More importantly, siting the school in Okuama would trigger long-overdue socio-economic revival in the area. Federal presence attracts development, roads, electricity, water, and human capital investment.
For a community that has been neglected and traumatized, such a project would be a catalyst for healing and progress.
Governor Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori now faces a defining leadership test. Will he choose politics over justice, or will he demonstrate the courage to right past wrongs?
Siting the military school elsewhere would contradict the governor’s MORE agenda, which promises Meaningful Development, Opportunities for All, Realistic Reforms, and Enhanced Peace.
This decision is not merely administrative, it is moral and historical. Refusing Okuama this opportunity would reinforce the perception that the state remembers communities only during elections, not during rebuilding.
The time has come for Delta State to show the world that it rewards peace, not violence; reconciliation, not resentment.
Governor Oborevwori should rise to the moment and inscribe his name in history, not for political convenience, but for moral courage.
Let the military school be sited in Okuama, where it will stand as a monument of justice, renewal, and the restoration of human dignity.
Anything less would be a betrayal of compassion and a disservice to justice.
