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Rivers State Governor,
Chibuike Amaechi has said his administration would spend N21 billion on
the construction of the Trans-Kalabari road, the major road project covering
the Kalabari-speaking area of the state.
He said contract for the project has been awarded to Lubrik
Construction Company (LCC).
He stated this during a Town Hall Meeting with the people of
Asari-Toru Local Government Area of the state at the Kings National College
Field, Buguma.
“Trans-Kalabari road is coming. We have awarded the contract to Lubrik for
N21 billion. You know before, what I
promised the chiefs is that I will stop at Bakana, but now we have agreed to
take it to the end in Buguma and one assurance I give you is that by January, I
will mobilise the contractor to start work.
“We will do the roads according to importance. The most important road for me is the
Trans-Kalabari road and the money is heavy, N21 billion, allow me focus on that
road first then we can talk about the other roads,” he said.
He said his administration had been working on completing
old projects in Asari-Toru Local Government Area and congratulated the Kalabari
people and the youths for being peace-loving and for stopping kidnapping and
other criminal activities as foreign contract workers now do their job
undisturbed.
“When I was campaigning right here, I promised to
consolidate on the old projects that we have.
I did not say I will do too many new projects and if you look at it we
have been trying to complete the old projects.
The only new thing we have done in Buguma or in Asari-Toru is the farm,
but before I talk about the farm let me congratulate the Kalabari people, you
have changed completely,” he said.
The governor said his administration would reclaim more land
from the rivers in Buguma and finish up land reclamation already going on in
Abalama community in Asari-Toru Local Government Area.
Amaechi assured the people of the preparedness of his
administration to fully furnish the 10 model primary schools in the area and
complete the model secondary school in Buguma.
He also disclosed that three general hospitals to serve as
referral points are to be built in each senatorial zone.
He said, “We are looking at developing three general
hospitals that will serve as referral points.
The one for this area is in Degema. We will look at the Degema hospital
and renovate it between now and early next year so that anybody around here,
Asari-Toru, Akuku-Toru everybody can go there and be attended to.”
Amaechi also promised to build skills acquisition centre in
Asari-Toru to train the youth on various skills to keep them engaged, stressing
that micro-economic activities would again grow with peace restored in the
area.
Earlier, Chairman of Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Hon.
Ojukaye Flag- Amachree, praised Amaechi for developing the local government
area.
He also commended the Governor for locating the N1.5 billion
fish farm project and the on-going multi-billion naira model secondary school
in the area.
He said, “Governor Chibuike Amaechi has done more in
development of Asari-Toru Local Government than any other past governors of the
State. I wish to reveal to all here
present that Asari-Toru Local Government has received about half a billion
Naira from the State Government.”
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