Rivers
Firm Delivers Agip Road Rehabilitation

General Manager, Rivers State Nespaper Corproation, Mr Celestine Ogolo (left), in a handshake with a retired staff of the corporation, Mrs Fyne West (2nd right), during a sendforth party organised in her honour in Port Harcourt on Monday. Photo: Ibioye Diama
Barely two weeks after the
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, charged the management of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) to expedite action on the rehabilitation of the Agip Junction to Agip Operational Headquarters in Mgbuoshimini, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, work on the road has been completed.
On February 2, 2016, the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, had during an audience with the management of NAOC, made the charge, and said that security measures taken by his administration have improved across the state, urging NAOC to improve its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility to its host communities.
But speaking to The Tide in an interview in Port Harcourt, Okmas Nigeria Limited, the construction company handling the Agip Road rehabilitation project said that the phase I of the work from Mgbuoshimini Junction to Shandees’ Fast Food has hit 100 per cent completion.
The Public Relations Officer of the company, Mr Ebere Ohwondah, said that the remaining part of the work was part of the second phase, and added that his company was also ready to deliver the job once approval has been granted for commencement of the second phase by NAOC management.
Mr Ohwondah said that since the work started, the NAOC has been monitoring the quality of work done, and had expressed satisfaction with the work done so far, especially with the good drainage system to take care of flooding during the rainy season, and hoped that the second phase from Shandees’ to the Ikwerre Road Flyover would be approved as quickly as possible so that work would commence in earnest.
Mr Ebere further stated that there has been no challenge as both the NAOC and its host community were cooperating with workers on site; and hoped that the second phase of the road rehabilitation work would be completed before the rainy season sets in.
A motorist, Mr Anthony Nkoro, expressed satisfaction with the efforts of Agip management to rehabilitate the strategic road, that links Eagle Island, Mile Three and Agip Ada-George. He said the gesture will alleviate the sufferings of the road users.
Also, a pedestrian, Mrs Blessing Victor, said she was happy with the on-going work on the road, adding that God has remembered residents of the area.
She pleaded with the NAOC to include street lights, so that the area can experience a phase lift, while checking criminal activities, especially at night.
When The Tide called for comments by the Public Affairs Officer of NAOC, access to the company’s premises was denied.
Further attempts to get the Agip spokesperson on phone were also rebuffed.
However, The Tide investigation show that Okmas has as at last Friday, withdrawn its construction equipment from the site of the project, apparently in response to the delay by Agip management to approve the second phase of the project.
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The Rivers State Judiciary has denied a media report claiming that Justice Frank Onyiri of the State High Court issued an injunction order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd), from inaugurating the newly appointed members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission (RSCSC).
In a statement issued by the Deputy Chief Registrar in charge of litigation at the High Court, Menenen Poromon (Esq), the state Judiciary disassociated itself from the report, describing it as malicious and fabricated.
The statement emphasized that the report was a falsehood and a misrepresentation of what transpeared in the court.
Poromon clarified that no such order was issued by Justice Onyiri or any other judge of the High Court of the state and urged the public to disregard the information, as it lacked any iota of truth.
The statement however advised the public to verify any information concerning the state Judiciary directly from the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of the State, to avoid spreading of misinformation.