Rivers State Government has expressed its commitment to reclaim lands across riverine communities to ensure sustained development of such areas.
This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Secretary to State Government (SSG), Tammy Danagogo during a visit to the 52 hectares of land reclamation site for Abonnema and Obonoma in Akuku Toru Local Government Area (LGA) of the State.
Danagogo, who was in the company of the chairman of Akuku Toru LGA, Mr Rowland Sekibo and the Managing Director of Master Dredging Ltd, Mrs Pat Dappa, explained that the Governor’s passion for the development of the state has made it easy to witness the drastic reclamation of land for the benefit of forthcoming generations being witnessed in coastal communities at the moment.
According to him, “Being aware that Land is the most pressing need of Riverine communities, the Governor is ensuring the execution of the reclamation to serve the yawning need in the Riverine Communities.
“Governor Wike, as I have always emphasized ensures uninterrupted payments so that all his projects will be completed on time. This particular reclamation has a complete schedule of 8 months to enable the Government map out the utility lines within his tenure”.
He urged the contractor in charge of the project, Master Dredging Ltd, to ensure a speedy work pace to meet the 8 months deadline set by the Governor.
