Completed part of the 30 units of Bayelsa State Legislative Quarters.
Construction of roads, bridges and houses in Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria, is capital intensive that necessitste several stages of expenditure before laying foundation stone.
Governor of the State, Douye Diri, represented by the State Commissioner of Works, Moses Teibowei, stated this, on Saturday, in Yenagoa, when he led members of the Nigerian Guild of Editors on inspection tour of projects in parts of the state capital and its enrons.
Some Editors posed for a photograh before embarking on the projects inspection tour.
Nigerian Kicker observed that the topography of Bayelsa state makes construction of roads and houses very difficult with huge financial commitment.
The terrain, wetlands and flooding pose challenges to infrastructure development making some houses only accessible by the use of Canoes by the locals.
Projects inspected by the Media team include those completed and the ones that are ongoing.
Bayelsa State Commissioner for Works, Moses Teibowei, explaining a point.
Editors were shocked at the sight of ICT Village which has been completed and is now inaccessible due to water that has overtaken the entire area.
They also inspected the ongoing first phase of 20 kilometers Akaba-Okodi-Ogu road.
The Editors inspected the completed construction of 150 meters Bridge across Silver River at Aguobiri community.
Others are, the ongoing construction of Yenagoa oporoma road.
River Nun bridge.
Ongoing gigantic bridge construction across river Nun at Angiama which the Governor had earlier told the Editors that it was consuming the state’s financial resources.
The Editors also inspected Enest Ikoli Media Complex, Yenagoa, which is housing all the state owned media.
Media complex
The Team inspected 40 Units Commissioners Quarters at Yenagoa City, almost completed.
It further inspected the ongoing construction of 30 Units Legislative Quarters costing the sum of N175m per unit.
The inspection of projects by the Editors ended the 3-day annual conference of the Guild.
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