The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson on Tuesday
in Yenagoa warned the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) against being
used as platform for servicing political interest, reports ITRealms.
Dickson gave this warning while welcoming the acting
Managing Director of NDDC, Mrs Ibim Semenitari and leaders of the Ijaw Youth
Council (IYC), during a courtesy visit, saying the commission should serve the
interest of the Niger Delta people, with available resources channeled on
projects that could affect the development and prosperity of the region.
He also suggested that the NDDC should collaborate with
state governments in the region to execute priority projects that would serve
as a catalyst for the socio-economic development.
The Governor, who identified the three senatorial road
projects in the state as key to creating access to the Atlantic Ocean and
economic prosperity, stressed that the construction of such projects worth
billions of naira would attract development and socio-economic progress to the
state.
According to him, the road from Nembe to Brass alone, for
instance, would gulp about N100 billion, "Bayelsa economy will remain
stifled if there is no access to the sea where its wealth lies.”
He commended the NDDC for the award of contracts in Bayelsa State,
but however, decried the number of abandoned projects in the state, which he
attributed the development to the over-politicization of the activities of the
commission.
“The NDDC should move away from the era of using the
commission as a conduit to service the vested political interest, but rather
NDDC should serve the interest of the Niger Delta people and channel available
resources on projects that can affect the development and prosperity of the
region,” Dickson said.
Pix: Gov. Dickson
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