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From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and His Eminence, Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, are expected to commission projects in Bayelsa State as part of activities marking the third year anniversary of Governor Douye Diri in office.
The Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Mr Ayibaina Duba who disclosed this to journalists in Yenagoa insisted that the priority of the Diri administration is to ensure that every Local Government Area of the State is accessible by road.
While Osinbajo is expected to inaugurate the completed Sagbama / Ekeremor road, the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, will inaugurate the Gloryland Drive.
Also expected to commission projects are the Governor of Delta and Vice-Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and former governor of Bayelsa State and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson.
Speaking on the projects undertaken by the Diri administration, Duba expressed regret that since Bayelsa State was part of the Old Rivers State which was created in 1967, many communities in the Area were never accessible by road.
According to him Senator Diri is determined to reverse the trend and has placed a high priority
On the construction of key road projects to connect most of the communities located along the coast.
He explained that at the moment, three local government headquarters of Brass, Southern Ijaw and Ekeremor are not accessible by road, hence the decision by the Governor to allocate resources to fund ongoing construction works on the Nembe-Brass, Yenagoa-Oporoma and Sagbama-Ekeremor roads to link communities in the three Senatorial districts.
“For over fifty years when we were in the old Rivers State, the impression that was given was that there was no land to even construct any road to Ekeremor. It’s not because there is no likely access to these communities, particularly the local government headquarters. Some few days back I went to Ekeremor and I drove through the road to Ekeremor, not to talk of Oporoma. As far as the Prosperity Government is concerned, Governor Douye Diri is committed to ending that. It must end with him. Like Agge is in the Atlantic Ocean, we have come to realise that it’s possible to have a road to Agge. Look at what we are doing in Nembe/Brass. Agip has had its base there for many years. The Terminal is there, that is where crude oil is sold to the international community and there is no road there. One of the greatest things we want to achieve is to make sure that Bayelsa State is connected by road, every local government must be linked by road.”
