BREAKING: NDDC INVITES BUHARI TO LAUNCH A N24BN BAYELSA PROJECT

The Niger Delta Development Commission has invited the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to inaugurate a 29-kilometre Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State.

The commission, in a statement on Tuesday, titled ā€˜NDDC Invites President Buhari To Commission Signature Projectā€™, said the project, which cuts across 14 other communities, costs N24 billion.

The road, according to the statement, creates a land link between Yenagoa to the ancient city of Nembe for the first time.

The statement signed by the commissionā€™s Director of Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, in Abuja, said the road was built in conjunction with the Shell Petroleum Development Company.

Odili said, ā€œTo conquer the swampy terrain, the construction involved digging out four metres of clay soil and sand filling it to provide a base for the road.

ā€œThe road has cut the journey time to Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, from three hours to one and a half hours.

ā€œThis project is a not only flagship of intervention in the Niger Delta, but it is also a model of the development partnership between the Commission and international oil companies in the region.ā€

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