Road project triggers joy in Bayelsa coastal communities

By Samuel Oyadongha, EKEREMOR

Residents of the riverine communities successful the heavy mangrove swamps of the Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State are fascinated by the take-off of the long-awaited Ndoro-Peretorugbene Road.

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For decades, the lone mode to link the communities has been by water, arsenic determination are nary entree roads. 

Senator Douye Diri, the politician of Bayelsa State, who visited the country past Friday, directed the Ministry of Works and the companies handling the sand-filling and operation to escalate enactment connected the project

The roadworthy project, which cuts done a immense swathe of mangrove forest, volition besides service respective different sportfishing ports and settlements successful the area.

We’ll instrumentality every safety measurement to protect this task — Ebikeye, assemblage leader

Pa Ebikeye, a jubilating assemblage leader, told NDV, “We volition bash everything successful our powerfulness to support the project, the unit connected the ground, and their equipment.”

”We cannot spend to jeopardize this accidental to alteration our lives for the better. We volition enactment unneurotic to guarantee the project’s success, for the payment of our children and our future,” helium added.

A phantasy travel existent — Miene, native

Thomas Miene, an indigene, asserted, “The task is simply a imagination travel existent for our radical who person been waiting for ages for this captious infrastructure. The value of this task cannot beryllium overstated. We person been plagued by neglect, contempt being situated successful an oil-producing region.

”The deficiency of basal infrastructure has stifled economical growth, and our radical person been forced to trust connected alternate and often treacherous waterways and creeks to entree indispensable services.”

It’s groundbreaking — Eboka, a local

Another local, John Ebika, said, “The roadworthy task is simply a game-changer for the communities.” In summation to improving locals’ entree to markets and societal services, it volition boost economical activity, make opportunities, and rise their modular of living.”

Our program — Gov. Diri

Speaking connected the project, Governor Diri said, “What we person seen truthful acold is encouraging. The Ministry of Works, Pelfaco, the institution liable for the sand-filling, and Lubrik Construction Company, which is handling the main roadworthy construction, should expedite their work. They person to marque definite that our timelines are met.”

”Our first-phase people is to get to Ndoro and person a spur to Peretorugbene. If we tin execute that successful the remaining beingness of this government, whoever is coming adjacent volition implicit the rest.

”There were immoderate delays successful starting the project, arising from my archetypal program to inaugurate the Sagbama-Ekeremor axis that we completed. And thereafter, spouse with the national authorities to instrumentality the roadworthy further to Agge.

”Unfortunately, we person not been capable to inaugurate the Sagbama-Ekeremor portion, which was handed implicit to america from the erstwhile administration. So, we thought that alternatively than waiting, we should commencement something, and that is wherefore we are present now.”

Contractors fully mobilized — Teibowei, commissioner

The Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr. Moses Teibowei, said the two-year timeline was achievable and that the contractors person been afloat mobilized, noting that, having achieved a tenable magnitude of sand-filling, the main operation enactment volition commence adjacent month, alongside the operation of an 80-meter span to Ndoro and different 150-meter span to Peretorugbene.

We’ll present — Pelfaco Ltd. 

 Mr. Kazeem Ajala assured that Pelfaco Limited would implicit the ongoing clearing and sand-filling enactment astatine Ndoro by April 2026. He added that with a soil filling of astir 2.4 meters, determination volition beryllium nary concerns astir flooding.

He expressed the company’s readiness to present connected the declaration specification, fixed the capable backing provided by the authorities government.

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