Reason I Am Constructing A Road To Timipre Sylva’s Community – Diri Speaks

The governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri has said that there is no political consideration attached to the construction of the Nembe-Brass road, which passes the former governor, Timipre Sylva, community.

He explained that the road was simply for the economic benefits to the state and country.

The governor said that the decision to embark on the project, which is a federal road in the Bayelsa East Senatorial District, was borne out of his strong desire to create access to the Atlantic Ocean in order to harness its abundant natural resources.

Diri stated this when he led the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign team on a visit to the palace of the Okpo XXI of Okpoama Kingdom, King Ebitimi Banigo, at Okpoama in Brass Local Government Area of the state ahead of the November 11 governorship election.

A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, said the governor, who kicked off his re-election campaigns from the Brass council area at the weekend, stressed the need to diversify the state’s economy away from crude oil and gas as they were fading assets.

According to Diri, “When I became governor, l wrote to the federal government and the Nigeria Agip Oil Company on the need to collaborate with the state government to construct the three critical senatorial roads.

“These are not projects that only the Bayelsa government can handle because the cost runs into hundreds of billions of naira.

“But when l saw that nothing was coming forth, and knowing that my tenure was time-bound, l became very ambitious and had to take the bull by the horns to undertake these projects, which also include the Yenagoa-Oporoma-Ukubie and the Sagbama-Ekeremor-Agge roads.

“The Nembe-Brass road is not a political project. It is the major project l have brought to the people of Okpoama and the Bayelsa East Senatorial District.”