Port Harcourt, Rivers State – Na real good news wey dey land for Rivers State as Governor Siminalayi Fubara don dey flex im muscle over the Trans-Kalabari Road project. E come talk say dem don finish about 75 percent of the piling work. Na serious work dem dey do for this 12.5-kilometre road wey go connect Port Harcourt to plenty Kalabari communities wey dey across river. Wetin you say?
Fubara no just talk am for mouth, him carry waka go confirm with im own eye as him ride boat from Rumuolumeni jetty go check wetin dey go on. After that waka for water, e come tell journalists say the project dey go well. “This na proof say we dey work hard, we get commitment to make sure say this road go gree,” him yan. (Guess say wetin you go do if na your own road wey no dey complete?)
As per the gists, this road contract give dem on May 15, 2024, and dem plan say in 32 months, we go see finish product. But Fubara no dey give us any slack. The road dey feature four big river bridges and five deck-on-pile structures. E no easy o! The terrain be like say dem dey play rough game. But we dey hail God, na him dey help us with this wahala.
According to the governor, this road go dey important for Kalabari people because e go connect dem to Port Harcourt wey be the main hustle area. “Dis road no go just change the lives of Kalabari people, e go carry economic growth come their side as e finish. No be joke!” him talk, dey pray say in six months time, we fit dey drive go Bakana. (Abeg, make dem no delay again o!)
The Governor also assure Rivers people say dem go keep dey on top infrastructure development, dem don get plenty projects wey go transform rural areas and change lives for better. “We don promise our people say we go bring road wey go improve their life, and this na just small part of the big plan,” him conclude. (E be like say na this kind talk we go sabi – no be this government wey always dey carry our future for head?)
For May 2024, na so Rivers State Executive Council aproved the contract for the main road project at N222.1 billion. E happen for one meeting wey Fubara dey run, with his Deputy Prof Ngozi Odu and other council members. Commissioner for Information and Communications, Warisenibo Johnson talk say dem go fund the project with cash wey dem dey generate from inside the state.
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