POWER PROJECTS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES TO BE COMPLETED IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2014 ….GOV DICKSON

POWER PROJECTS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES TO BE COMPLETED IN FIRST QUARTER OF 2014 ….GOV DICKSON

On-going power projects across communities in Bayelsa State are to be completed before the end of the first quarter of next year.

Governor Dickson gave the assurance in the maiden edition of a live interview programme, “Hot Seat”, on the State-owned radio station, Glory FM 97.1 in Yenagoa.

The Governor said “already, most communities have been connected to power supply and by early next year when the projects will be commissioned, almost all the communities will enjoy power supply to improve the living conditions of rural dwellers and boost socio-economic activities.

“Government is working on a programme of activities geared towards refurbishing all the gas pipelines to boost the capacity of the turbines.”

Reacting to a question by one of the callers on power outage in the Ogbia axis of the State, he explained that Government had made an approval of almost N150 million to transport the gas turbine to its manufacturers for repairs.

The Governor, who bemoaned the neglect of the gas turbine over the years in spite the huge investment made in the power sector, however assured that electricity supply would be restored in the area before Christmas.

Calling on the people of the State to monitor and safeguard projects in their communities, Hon. Dickson noted that beyond the State Project Monitoring committee, Government had also constituted inter departmental committees and where problems are identified, appropriate action would be taken.

On the new Yenagoa City, Governor Dickson explained that, Government has concluded survey work of an area covering 50,000 hectares from the River Nun to the Ekoli bridge encompassing the Government House Castle, formally designed as the Governor’s residence to be converted to a six star hotel.

He pointed out that in the next couple of weeks, work would be completed on the facility and would accommodate 22 presidential suites stating that other parts of the planned area would include, facilities like Polo Club and a Golf Estate.

Hon. Dickson hinted that a team to be chaired by Chief Timi Alaibe would be inaugurated to vigorously pursue its public private partnership of the proposed new city towards building the Dubai of his dream.

Daniel Iworiso-Markson
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