By Igoniko Oduma / Correspondent, Yenagoa
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has restated the determination of his administration to completing the Sagbama-Ekeremor Road to link up communities in Bayelsa West Senatorial District to Yenagoa, the state capital.
Dickson declared this while presenting cheques worth N2.6billion to three contracting firms handling various ongoing projects in the state at Government House, Yenagoa.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, and made available to newsmen in Yenagoa.
He said the Sagbama-Ekeremor Road was part of his administration’s strategic plan to hit the Atlantic Ocean from three flanks with the three senatorial roads.
While N1.5billion was paid to Julius Berger Nigeria Plc for the continuation of construction work on the fly-over bridge, dualisation of Isaac Boro and Opolo-Elebele roads, Van Oord Dredging Company received N600 million for the sand-filling of the Sagbama-Ekeremor Road, while Sadogi construction firm got N500 million for the completion of the Tower Hotel, Yenagoa.
Dickson disclosed that the N600million was the first installment payment for the dredging of the Sagbama-Ekeremor road and expressed hope that the sand-filling job on the road would be completed by February next year.
“We are already doing the stock piling along the Sagbama-Ekeremor road but that is not fast enough for the time frame that we have given to ourselves for the completion of that critical road.
“We are committed to hitting the Atlantic Ocean from three fronts. It is our expectation that between now and the end of February, we would have finished sand-filling from Ofoni to Ekeremor”, the governor said.
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