Niger Delta
Diri Gives Stewardship On Infrastructure Development
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the numerous infrastructure projects his administration had embarked on were beginning to dispel the narrative that the state’s terrain was difficult to develop.
The Tide learnt that infrastructure projects being executed under the Governor Diri’s administration range from big-ticket to access and internal road projects, bridges across creeks and rivers, and physical structures across the state.
The Governor stated this during the week while on tour of ongoing projects in the New Yenagoa City and at the Okaka Housing Estate, in all Yenagoa, the state capital.
The Bayelsa Chief Executive, who stated that his administration was building a new planned city, called on citizens of the state residing outside the oil rich state not to believe the narrative that its terrain was difficult to develop.
He noted that the new legislators and the commissioners quarters in the New Yenagoa City were signature projects of his administration and expressed satisfaction with the level of work done.
Diri expressed happiness that he was was part of the history of those who developed Bayelsa.
“This legislators quarters is one of the major signature projects we are going to commission during our anniversary in February. We’re building a new Bayelsa city; a planned city in Yenagoa.
“Those that said our terrain is difficult and cannot be subdued, I’m happy that we’re subduing it and now dispelling that belief, particularly for those who are outside Bayelsa State.
“This is not a terrain that is too difficult for anybody to develop. I’m happy that we’re putting the records straight about the history of developing this terrain”, he said.
Governor Diri also noted that the administration had embarked on several massive projects by judiciously utilising the state’s monthly allocations without borrowing a dime.
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Moses Teibowei, assured that the new House of Assembly quarters would be completed for inauguration during the anniversary celebration in February.
“My target is the last day of January. I am very sure that this project will be delivered because we work on Saturday and Sunday”, the Commissioner said.
Speaking on the Okaka Housing Estate, Diri stressed that the one-bedroom housing unit project was initiated during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan when he was governor of the state.
He said the project was abandoned for a long time but his administration decided to complete the buildings and would also embark on new housing projects for all Bayelsans.
Also speaking, Managing Director of the Bayelsa State Housing and Property Development Authority, Rt Hon Tonye Isenah, said the agency had completed 48 units of one-bedroom flats out of the 192 flats, saying that the project was being executed through direct labour.
Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa