Bayelsa Govt Constructs 41 Roads, 18 Buildings in one year

Posted by admin Headlines, State News Saturday, January 26th, 2013

Bayelsa state government says 90 percent of the ongoing projects
including 41 road projects, 18 buildings, a multi million Naira world
class Diagnostic Centre and a multi door Court House will be
completed and due for commissioning as part of the activities marking
Governor Seriake Dickson’s one year anniversary.

Contrary to fears being expressed in certain quarters, all ongoing
projects being undertaken by the administration will be completed
within its life span.

Conducting newsmen round some of the project sites within and
outside the State capital, the Commissioner for Works and
Infrastructure, Mr. Lawrence Ewrudjakpor said the decision to open
up the state is aimed at attracting local and foreign investors.

“Our dream is to make Bayelsa the Dubai of Africa. Governor Seriake
Dickson has given us the task and it must be accomplished.”

“When we took over, there was nothing to write home about in terms
of infrastructure and that is why the Governor was angry to develop
the state. All the ongoing projects as well as the ones earmarked for
construction would be completed within the tenure of the present
administration”.

“The government embarked on this massive construction projects
because Bayelsa State is backwards and has nothing to report on
unlike its other southern counterparts. Therefore, the target of this
administration is to restore the lost glory of the state and make the
state measure up to the other states in the southern part and a
befitting state capital”.

“Also to ensure and prove that governance in Bayelsa State can have
a face contrary to the negative opinion of people that nothing can
work in Bayelsa State”.

The commissioner for works in an interview with newsmen, told the
people to put away fears of projects being abandoned as the
government is conscious of what it is doing and is angrily desirous to
develop the state that is why they put in place engineers to supervise
the projects.

Some of the road projects as listed by Mr. Ewrudjakpor include the 3
senatorial roads, re-construction and dualisation of Ekoli bridge,
Tombia-Etegwe road, expansion of Eradiri road, construction of
Bayelsa Airport road and construction of outer ring road.

Also enumerated were the building projects such as the world class
Diagnostic Centre located within the premises of the Melford Okilo
Memorial hospital, 4 secretariat annexes, Multidoor Court House for
the state Judiciary, Nigeria Prison’s Service, Governor and Deputy
Governor’s lodges in Yenagoa, Sagbama and Nembe.

Daniel Iworiso-Markson
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State
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