By Emmanuel Adeyemi, Lokoja and Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
Bayelsa State governor, Senator Duoye Diri, at the weekend ended his re-election campaign with a promise that his administration will continue to prioritise development of the state capital, Yenagoa, in order to transform it into a modern city.
Speaking at Igbogene community, where he was conferred the chieftaincy title of “Otoroto Ibe 1 of Oguan ‘moonlight of Epie and Atissa kingdoms’, by a joint council of traditional rulers of the Epie and Atissa kingdoms, Diri described Yenagoa as the gateway to the state, and noted that his administration has constructed more roads while and others at advanced stages of completion to link Yenagoa to other communities in the state.
He said: “Your support to the Prosperity Administration is a call to more duty. When you give me your mandate for a second term, l will do more for Epie and Atissa kingdoms. This is because the gateway to Bayelsa State is Yenagoa, the capital city, which needs development. Therefore, our goal is to continue to develop our capital city just as we are taking development closer to the rural areas for our development to be holistic.
“We have almost completed the Elebele-Igbogene ring road. We have inaugurated different sections and just one section is left, which will equally be inaugurated so that the one-road city status narrative about Yenagoa will change.”
Speaking, former President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, who inaugurated the new technical college built by the Diri administration, commended the governor for his exemplary leadership in establishing technical colleges, and noted that investment in future generations is commendable.
He said, “You cannot hide performance. What we have here is a technical college and this is what I call visionary leadership. He is investing in future generations and the impact on the people of Bayelsa is going to be tremendous.
“I commend you for this project. The focus of the world today is vocational and technical skills. l am very confident and hopeful that on November 11 PDP will win in Bayelsa State.”