RSG Closes Creek Road, Bille, Bonny, Nembe Jetties To Traffic …Reopens Kidney Island For Shell Operations

The Rivers State Government has ordered the closure of the ever-busy Creek Road, Bille, Bonny and Nembe jetties in the heart of Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state.
The state government made the announcement in a statement signed by the Special Assistant (Media) to the Governor, Kelvin Ebiri, in Port Harcourt, yesterday.
The statement reads, “The Rivers State Government hereby wish to inform the general public that Creek Road, Bille, Bonny and Nembe Jetties, will be closed from Tuesday, January 5 to Saturday, January 9, 2021.
“The temporary closure is to enable government carry out extensive sanitation work in the area.
“Government warns that any trader or boat operator who goes to Creek Road and the aforementioned jetties for any form of business will face the full wrath of the law.
“Law enforcement agencies are directed to ensure that the closure of Creek Road and Bonny-Billie-Nembe Jetties, is enforced and that violators are brought to book”, Ebiri added.
Meanwhile, the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, after a meeting with the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kolo Kyari, in Port Harcourt, yesterday, has directed the immediate reopening of Kidney Island in Port Harcourt for the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to resume operations.
Speaking after the meeting, Kyari commended Governor Nyesom Wike and the Government of Rivers State for their cooperation.
He hoped the further discussions would help resolve the underlying issues.

By: Susan Serekara-Nwikhana