L-R Former Governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia; Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike; Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed and the Speaker Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani, during the commissioning of 10.3 kilometres Sime-Nonwa-Kira Road in Tai Local Government Area on Monday 4th January 2021.
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike on Monday, inaugurated a 10.3 kilometres long Sime-Nonwa-Kira road in Tai local government area in Rivers state.
Present at the inauguration ceremony was Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, former Governor of Rivers State, Sir Celestine Omehia and Speaker of Rivers State Assembly, Mr Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani.
At the ceremony, Wike said his administration is committed to making sure that every Local Government Area in the state gets development projects.
He said, a few months ago, when he flagged off the road, people thought it will be abandoned, but today, it has been completed and is being commissioned.
According to the governor, all projects awarded by his administration will be completed before the end of his tenure, and no one project will be abandoned.
“Some people say we have been commissioning projects in Port Harcourt and ObioAkpor Local Government Areas. That, there are no projects in other local governments.
“This is Tai, and it is in Ogoni land and we have projects here that we are commissioning now.
“When we flagged off this road, so many were thinking that it will be one of the abandoned projects. I have said, no contract awarded by our administration will be abandoned. All projects must be completed before we leave the office.”
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The newly commissioned 10.3km road in Rivers state.
Wike berated a former Commissioner for Community and Chieftaincy Affairs for peddling falsehood that there are no Rivers State development projects in Ogoni land.
Such people who took kola meant for traditional rulers cannot see and speak the truth but waste energy defending what they cannot defend, according to Wike.
“One of the former Commissioner who took Traditional Rulers’ kola incidentally, he is from this Local Government Area, he was telling people that there is no single project in the whole of Ogoni land.
“But he is from this Local Government, you can see how people can tell lies simply because we did not bring him back (as Commissioner). But we don’t want our kola to miss again. Those who cannot keep kola or give to those who own the kola, we cannot bring them back.
“Look at this project; 10.3km, and look at the communities. How will anybody say that we have never done anything for the people of Tai? How would anybody say we have no presence in Ogoni land?
“This road was handled by a Local Contractor, Lubrik Construction Company Ltd, it’s Rivers’ company. I don’t play with road construction because I don’t want any road that will not last. This road, as you’ve seen it will last.”
