The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has
assured the people of Bayelsa that the East-West Road will soon be completed.
He also said funds will be provided by the Buhari administration
for the completion of Kolo, Okaki roads.
The Minister stated this when he visited Governor Seriake
Dickson of Bayelsa, at Government House Yenagoa, late on Friday night.
He urged the contractors to go back to work, as the federal
government is ready to pay them their outstanding balance, as soon as possible.
Fashola, assured the government and people of Bayelsa that the
federal housing estate that was started by the past administration will be
completed soon.
In his remark, Governor Dickson, said Bayelsa is a state of good
people, from where the story of oil and gas started.
He told Fashola that “if there is any minister I will like to
take round Bayelsa, it is you, because you have the capacity to handle the
ministries under your care.
“The state government supported the Niger Delta Development
Commission, (NDDC), Shell Petroleum Development Commission, (SPDC) with N3
billion in the Nembe Road which has been completed.
Bayelsa is ready to collaborate with the federal government in
any form, because we have been left behind in terms of development,” he said.
He appealed to the minister to link the three senatorial roads
in the state, as that will attract development to the rural people.
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