…as Diri restated committment to continue infrastructural legacies of predecessor
Amgbare Ekaunkumo,Yenagoa
His Excellency, Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State today was Joined by his Bauchi counterpart, Senator Bala Mohammed to Inaugurate the Igbogene-okarki link road, being section one of the Igbogene-AIT Elebele Outer ring road initiated by his predecessor, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson.
Speaking at the inauguration, Gov. Diri thanked the former Governor for his vision and reiterated the need for continuity in project execution and governance.
“First, I like to thank God for today again, we are here to commission this phase of a ring road conceived and started by my predecessor, Henry Seriake Dickson. Today, we are seeing the completion of the first phase with street lights on it. We can only but give thanks to God, we can only but give thanks to the immediate past Governor whose vision today has seen the completion of this road.
And that is the beauty of continuuty, this is the first time in this state that government is moving from one hand to another and projects started are being completed and not abandoned. My dear people of Bayelsa, that is the only way our resources will not be wasted, if I came in, seeing this very all important road, and abandoned it and go to construct a new one, the resources that were put in here by my predecessor would have been wasted. So I like to appreciate all of you that put in your best for this road to be completed, Gov. Diri stated.
Senator Bala Mohammed, Governor of Bauchi State who inaugurated the road commended Governor Diri, describing him as a landmark Governor.
“I think, you are a landmark Governor, you are a special Governor, because you foster peace and unity, you are unifying everybody, you are unifying us, the Bayelsans and Nigeria. He is not a green horn, he came to governance and took it by storm, and you can see the spirit of continuity enshrining in Bayelsa. And in terms of peer review, all of us, the second term Governors and the new ones, we are borrowing so much from him.”
Top government officials at the inauguration were, the wife of the Governor, Dr. Mrs. Gloria Diri, deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, former Governor of Bayelsa State and current Senator representing Bayelsa West at the Red Chamber, Henry Seriake Dickson, other National Assembly members, Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly BSHA, Rt.Hon Abraham Ingobere and members of State Executive Council and other top government functionaries.
