RSG, Metro-Connect Sign RBS Pact

As part of deliberate efforts to ease difficulties experienced by commuters in the capital city of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Government has signed an agreement with Metro-Connect for the provision of a rapid bus service.
Speaking during the signing ceremony in his office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State Transport Commissioner, Deacon Akie Dagogo Fubara, said the government would provide the enabling environment and concession while Metro-Connect would provide the infrastructure and funding to run the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme.
According to a statement signed by the Press Officer to the commissioner, Owupele Benebo, the scheme, which is similar to what is obtainable in developed cities across the globe, would help decongest traffic on Port Harcourt roads.
The statement quoted the commissioner as saying that the scheme is a public-private partnership initiative, which will ultimately translate into the provision of an effective and efficient transport system to cater for the needs of residents of the city.
Also speaking, the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Metro-Connect, Barrister Allwell Wokeh, said his company was partnering with the Rivers State Government to restructure and modernize the transport system for the benefit of residents.
Wokeh pointed out that the company has the capacity to restructure the state’s transport system in line with what obtains in the United Kingdom and elsewhere, stressing that the United Kingdom has the best transport system in Europe.
Meanwhile, as a sign of appreciation to the Rivers State Government, the management of Metro-Connect has concluded plans to clean-up the mess on the popular Aba and Ikwerre roads, the two major traffic routes in the city.
According to the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Metro-Connect, the clean-up will commence from Oil Mill Junction to Isaac Boro Park on Aba Road while beginning from Rumuokoro to Isaac Boro Park on Ikwerre Road.
He disclosed that Metro-Connect has concluded plans to deploy a total of 600 staff; 300 on each of the major roads, to do the clean-up job.

Enoch Epelle