Why Rivers Mega Transport Terminals Are Not Operational – Commissioner

Rivers State Govern
ment has given reasons for the delay in the take-off of its mega transport terminals built in four different parts of the state.
The commissioner for information and Communications, Mrs Ibim Semenitari, dropped the hint while reacting to an allegation leveled against the government by persons and groups associated with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers state.
Semenitari had in newspaper adverts stated that the mega transport terminals were conceived to address the problem of traffic congestion in Port Harcourt metropolis.
“The idea is to ensure that all inter-state traffic terminate at these terminals. It is for this reason that these terminals are located at entry points into the city of Port Harcourt.
The strategy is in line with what is applicable in major metropolis around the world”, she noted.
According to her, the state government partnered with Skye Bank for the projects, and that two of the terminals, Omagwa and Eleme have largely been completed.
The commissioner stated that that of Emohua and Oyigbo are yet to kick-off due to dwindling resources and the acquisition of appropriate site to locate the terminals. She however noted that the present administration of Rt Hon Chubuike Rotimi Amaechi is committed to achieving the over riding objectives of the strategy because of its importance to the transportation system in Port Harcourt. The success of the project requires that all the terminals be completed before operations can commence  thus, while two terminals are ready the strategy of the project requires that the four terminals take-off at the same time, otherwise the objective will be defeated”, semenitari posited.