By Obiabin Onukwugha
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has inaugurated two interventionists projects in Rivers State.
The projects, Apara Link Road and Nkpolu Rumuigbo Multi Purpose Hall, were carried out as emergency projects under the commission.
Speaking during the commissioning of the projects on Thursday, the Rivers State representative at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Chief Tony Okocha, explained that the agency embarked on the projects to ameliorate the plights of the people in those communities.
Speaking on the import of the reconstructed Apara Link Road, Okocha, who is the initiator of the projects, mentioned that businesses in the area shut down while residents found it difficult to access the area due to its dilapidated state.
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He also stated that the road was being nick-named “waterside road” due to flooding of the road during rainy season.
While commending the present Board of the NDDC, Okocha announced the renaming of the road to Ezenwo Nyesom Wike road.
He said: “It was originally called Apara Link Road and I felt that it could be the name that may have caused all these troubles. So after the construction, we have agreed that this road should now be called Chief Ezenwo Nyesom Wike Road.”
On the Nkpolu Multipurpose Hall, he lauded the contractor for the integrity in completing the project and for his trust, pointing out that the NDDC does not give a dime for emergency projects.
Commissioning the Apara Link Road, former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Rivers State, Ambassador Desmond Akawor, stated that the projects are a testament to the fact that the present NDDC was living to its mandate and described Okocha as the arrowhead of Democracy in Rivers State.
