Bayelsa Applauds Proposed Oloibiri Museum

Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, has urged the Federal Government and oil firms operating in the state, to invest more in critical infrastructure in the state, for its pioneering role in the oil sector.
In a statement in Yenagoa, yesterday, Director, New Media, Government House, Mr Kola Oredipe, quoted Diri as making the call during a virtual meeting on a federal government museum/research centre project in the state.
The Oil and Gas Museum and Research Centre is located in Oloibiri, Ogbia Local Government Area of the state.
Diri said that the call had become imperative because of the need to give back to the Otuabagi/Otuogidi communities of Oloibiri, where crude oil was first discovered in commercial quantities in 1956.
The governor said the oil bearing communities deserved better infrastructure to compensate for the long years of neglect amidst the adverse effects of oil and gas exploration and production.
“We receive this day the project with a tinge of mixed emotions.
“This is because, naturally, the people of Bayelsa as guardians and holders of the primary source of wealth of our entire nation, deserve recognition and all the dividends that ought to flow from this special status.
“I therefore, appeal that the federal government throws its full weight behind all processes required to bring the much needed development to Bayelsa,” he said.
The governor said the federal government should initiate and complete other necessary developmental projects across the state.
“For instance, the road from Nembe to Brass is critical to us and should be given urgent consideration by the federal government and the oil multinationals operating there.
“The Nigerian Agip Oil Company has been operating on that Island for many years now.
“In addition, Oloibiri deserves to be a national heritage site. We will therefore implore your excellency, Mr President, to give effect to this consideration and expedite it by all lawful means possible,” he said.