RSG Flags Off PH Ring Road Construction, Today

The Rivers State Government will today flag off the construction of its legacy project, the Port Harcourt Ring Road.
Governor of the State, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, in a statement cordially invites the good people of the State and the general public to the official flag- off of the 50.15 kilometers dual carriage road by the immediate past Governor of the State, Chief Nyesom Wike.
According to the statement, the venue of the event is UTC By Abonnema Wharf Junction, Port Harcourt by 11am.
It would be recalled that the contract for the project construction was signed between the state government and Julius Berger Plc at Government House, Port Harcourt last Wednesday.
Speaking after the contract papers were signed, Governor Fubara explained that the best time to start a project that has a completion period of 36 months is now, which is precisely why 75 percent of the contract sum of N195.3 billion has been released to make Julius Berger give the required urgency to the project.
The governor charged traditional rulers and youths to own the project that will traverse their various communities and to do nothing to disrupt its progress so as to avoid being suspended or prosecuted.
He said, “It’s important that everybody should give the necessary support, because we need this project, for development to come. Initially, people will suffer some inconveniences, but at the end it will be beneficial to all”.
Governor Fubara also assured that while the Port Harcourt Ring Road project is ongoing, his administration will not relent in giving attention to other critical sectors including the health sector by providing facilities, the requisite infrastructure and also supporting them to deliver the best service to Rivers people.
In his speech, Managing Director of Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, Dr. Lars Ritcher noted that the company has been part of the infrastructural transformation of the immediate past administration and assured that the company will not compromise quality and timeliness in delivering the project because of the sustained confidence in them.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a female lawyer, Ebikpolade Helen, who specialised in production and distribution of skuchies, a mixture of cannabis, opioids and black currant.
A statement issued by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in Abuja, yesterday, said the woman lives in Lekki area of Lagos.
Babafemi said that the suspect was arrested in a follow up operation in Awka, Anambra State, following an earlier seizure of 5kg cannabis and 12 bottles of prepared skuchies in her apartment at Lekki.
He also said another suspect, Abubakar Shuaibu, was arrested on July 13 at Cappa, Mushin-Oshodi road with 86 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup.
Babafemi said that the drugs weighing 8.6 litres were in his Toyota bus marked FFA 241YB.
The NDLEA spokesman said two suspects, Razak Ogunbo and Adeola Idowu, were nabbed on July 11 at Ikorodu with 51 litres of skuchies.
He added that 372kg cannabis sativa and 48 bottles of skuchies measuring 48 litres were recovered from the home of a fleeing drug dealer at Akala, Mushin Lagos on July 12.
“In Ondo state, operatives stormed a building at Ehin-Ala, Akure South LGA where they arrested one Abubakar Zayanu Gyambar, 28, with 162 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 1,944 kilograms.
“Another suspect, Henry Wilson, 50, was nabbed at Ogume town, Ndokwa West LGA, Delta, with the same substance weighing 216.5kg”, he said.