Delta government says it hasn’t abandoned Ayakoromo Bridge
The Delta state government has denied news report that the Ayakoromo Bridge project in Burutu Local Government Area of the state has been abandoned.
Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, in a statement on Tuesday in Asaba, said the state government is desirous of completing the project, assuring that work on the bridge will commence in the early part of this year.
Our correspondent reports that the Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative (IPDI) and Ayakoromo youths have threatened a showdown with the state government over the alleged abandonment of the project.
But, Aniagwu urged association and Ayakoromo youths to sheathe their sword and shun their planned protest as government has already made provisions for the completion of the bridge in the 2020 budget.
“As a government, we are committed to the construction of the Ayakoromo Bridge to link communities in Ughelli South and Burutu Local Government Areas.
“The Okowa administration is concerned about the slow pace of work on the bridge and has already taken steps to fast track its completion by making enough provisions for the project in the 2020 budget.
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“The state government remains committed to the development of riverine communities in Ijawland as well as other parts of the state and will stop at nothing until we give a new lease of life to rural and coastal communities in Delta state.
“I therefore, appeal to the Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative and Ayakoromo youths to tow the path of peace even as government is doing everything possible to make life more meaningful for them,” the commissioner stated.
