Expdonaloaded News; Okowa urges Buhari to complete Second Niger Bridge, other projects

Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure the completion of the ongoing Second Niger Bridge, the Warri Port and some other strategic roads in the state.He briefed State House correspondents shortly after a meeting with Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Okowa, who said he was on a thank you visit to the president for the appointment of an indigene of his state as the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on merit, added that he used the occasion to draw the president’s attention to the  Gas City project at Ogidigben in Delta State.
He said the project, which was a public private partnership, would create a lot of jobs for Nigerians.
Okowa said: “We thought that there was the need for that project to be given some strength and we believe it is in the interest of Nigeria and Delta State that that project is carried out.
“Beyond that too, you are also aware that the Warri Port has come alive and even with the refinery that has started, the port’s activity has improved, but there is a problem because of the Excravos basin.”