The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike says the completion of the Opobo axis of the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road, which would attract development to Opobo Kingdom, is top priority to his administration.
\nWike gave the assurance at the ceremony to mark the 150 years\u2019 anniversary of the founding of Opobo Kingdom in Opobo Town, last Monday.
\nThe governor, who expressed delight that Opobo people and friends could drive by road to participate in the 150 years\u2019 anniversary of the kingdom, assured that the road would be completed and commissioned in January, 2021.
\n\u201cAs you\u2019re coming from the Ogoni area, you\u2019ll see that we have finished the first phase of Sakpenwa-Bori Road; full dualisation. Now, we believe that the second phase will take it to Kono with streetlights installed.
\n\u201cThat will ease movement and reduce the level of crime in that place. We are happy that you can drive from Bori, and within five minutes, you\u2019re heading to Opobo.
\n\u201cWhen that road is completed, it will bring development. I\u2019m glad that I made a promise to the people of Opobo. We believe that by ending of January, 2021, that we will come back to commission the road\u201d.
\nThe governor also noted the efforts of federal lawmaker, who represents Andoni-Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency, Hon Awaji-Inombek Abiante, in connecting Opobo Kingdom to the national grid in a bid to solve the age-long problem of lack of electricity in the area.
\nWike said his administration would continue to support developmental plans of the kingdom that would make life easy for them.
\n\u201cI\u2019m happy with the move to connect you to the national grid. That project is a constituency project of one of your own who represents Andoni\/Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency, that is Awaji-Inombek Abiante.
\n\u201cIt is important for us to elect those who have commitment, who believe in the development of the people and that young man has shown that connecting Opobo to national grid is very important\u201d.
\nThe governor also donated N50miliion to support the building of a befitting palace for King Jaja of Opobo.
\nThe Amayanabo of Opobo Kingdom, King Dandeson Douglas-Jaja said the sitting of Opobo on the banks of the Imo River was well calculated plan in 1870, because the kingdom strategically became an important commercial settlement to compete with Lagos in volume of Nigerian International Trade.
\nDouglas-Jaja, who is also the chairman of Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council, said in the wake of World War 11, the British closed the Opobo seaport, which destroyed the commercial strength of Opobo Kingdom.
\nAccording to him, the Nigeria Government has since failed to acknowledge the subsisting commercial potentials of Opobo.
\n\u201cThe road, today, we are glad to acknowledge, opens up a new page in the development process of Opobo, a page that will see our youths, instead of migrating to Port Harcourt and other cities, will be attracted to remain here because they can be gainfully employed as well as enjoy the befits of modern living\u201d.
\nThe Rivers State Commissioner for Water Resources, Dr. Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja said Opobo people had lived together in peace without violent attacks on each other during and after the 20 years of legal war in the kingdom.
\nGogo-Jaja said the people of Opobo, particularly thanked Wike for demonstrating love towards them by his commitment to complete the Opobo axis of the Ogoni Unity Road to enable them drive him by road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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