The Amanyanabo of Abonnema, King Disrael Gbobo Bob-Manuel, has commended Governor Nyesom Wike for directing the immediate sandfilling and reclamations of more lands for Abonnema Community.
King Bob-Manuel who said this in an interview with newsmen over the weekend while reacting to the commissioning of the Abonnema Ring Road project, said the move would not only expand the community’s land mass, but create opportunities for further development of the community.
The monarch said the newly commissioned Ring Road project was very essential as it would serve as an alternative route in and out of the densely populated Island.
According to him, Abonnema is cosmopolitan and home to all Nigerians and people who come in and out of the town for one business or the other and also sometimes get stuck in traffic gridlock due to the narrowness of the only entry and exit road, adding that with the ring road project and a connecting bridge, the situation is now a thing of the past.
He also said the road would serve both Abonnema and Obonoma Communities which share common boundaries.
King Bob-Manuel further said Governor Wike has distinguished himself among his peers as a man who came prepared for the job as his massive infrastructural development, has continued to attract wide commendations from far and near.
The first class monarch also commended Governor Wike for the on-going inauguration of projects across the state, describing them as dividends of focused and visionary leadership.
He also dismissed claims that the governor was only concentrating projects in Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor Local Government Areas, wondering if Abonnema was part of the two LGAs as claimed.
The mnarch urged Rivers people to continue to support the administration of Governor Wike, noting that it was Biblical for citizens to support and pray for their leaders.
Governor Wike, had earlier said during the commissioning, that it was not the length of the ring road that mattered, but its importance to the people.
He stated that the ring road would now serve as an alternative route in and out of Abonnema and Obonoma towns.
Wike also announced that the adjoining mangrove will be dredged to provide land for the people of Abonnema and Obonoma that they can use for future development.
“Having done this, the next thing for us to do is sand-filling so that they can have land to build on. I know how important land is to them.
“I therefore direct the Special Adviser on Special Projects to meet with the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) to make sure we award a contract of sand-filling of Abonnema-Obonoma areas.”