Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said on Wednesday that the Federal Government’s approval for the dredging of the Escravos Bay to open up Warri Port would greatly benefit the people of the state.
Okowa said this while fielding questions from journalists at the state government’s quarterly media briefing in Asaba.
“The award of contract for the dredging of the Excravos Bar is of economic importance and is good for all Deltans and for the common man.
“So I don’t hope that any youth will truncate the process,” he said.
The governor’s reaction is at the heels of reported skirmishes by some Ilaje youths allegedly aimed at stalling the project.
He said that the state government would engage all stakeholders to ensure a peaceful take-off and completion of the project, expected to benefit the state economically.
On transportation, the governor said that the Asaba Airport runway project and other ancillary work were nearing completion.
He said: “Also, we are partnering with a private transport operator to run and restructure the Delta Line Transport Service Limited for result.
“We have paid the backlog of salaries of the workers and have approved the settlement of the disengagement benefits of the workers.
“Only 120 persons are to be re-engaged after the restructuring; so in the next few months the company will be transformed and it will be decent and fully operational.”
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